Freud and the Scene of Trauma

by John Fletcher

Book Overview

This book argues that Freud's mapping of trauma as a scene is central to both his clinical interpretation of his patients' symptoms and his construction of successive theoretical models and concepts to explain the power of such scenes in his patients' lives. This attention to the scenic form of trauma and its power in determining symptoms leads to Freud's break from the neurological model of trauma he inherited from Charcot. It also helps to explain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823254593
• ISBN13: 9780823254590
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"