Wednesday, February 28, 1990

A Reader’s Guide To Pierre Janet: A Neglected Intellectual Heritage.

David Baldwin's Trauma Information, Articles:
Van der Hart & Friedman (1989)

A Reader’s Guide To Pierre Janet: A Neglected Intellectual Heritage.

Originally published in Dissociation,1989, 2(1), 3-16. [Posted here with permission of the authors and Journal Editor.]

Onno van der Hart and Barbara Friedman review Pierre Janet's writings on hysteria and dissociation over a 30-year period, summarizing their central concepts. Janet was an important figure in early studies on dissociation and hysteria before hypnosis fell into disrepute, but his writings, many in French, are not well known in the US. Seven books are reviewed here; they focus primarily on classification and case descriptions. 94 references. "
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