About this ebook
The prominence of hysteria inevitably leads us into the world of Sigmund Freud, the creator of psychoanalysis, who conceived it precisely as a tool to address this intriguing illness. What the heck is Hysteria? devotes an entire chapter to exploring Freud's work on hysteria, emphasizing the historical context of the late 19th century, the fertile ground for the emergence of psychoanalysis. However, this book goes beyond that.
By carefully examining the history of hysteria, numerous associated myths are debunked. Moreover, as many of the myths of psychoanalysis are rooted in the myths of hysteria, this journey also dismantles many of the ingrained myths of the couch. By demystifying hysteria, the very foundations that have legitimized the practice of psychoanalysis crumble. And this, in turn, allows us to glimpse the true place psychoanalysis held in its own time, appreciating the revolutionary nature of Freud's ideas.
In conclusion, What the heck is Hysteria? is a modern treatise supported by citations and reliable sources that dismantles not only many of the myths surrounding hysteria but also a significant portion of the foundations of psychoanalysis, revealing its scant originality, limited value, and almost negligible impact on the history of hysteria. This book challenges both those who are drawn to psychoanalysis and those who seek to unravel the hidden aspects behind the term hysteria, providing a critical and enriching perspective for an open debate on this negligently obscure and detailed-lacking topic. It is a subject that everyone seems to know about, yet no one can accurately describe how a hysterical patient appeared.
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About the author
The author was a student for several years at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Buenos Aires. After that, as he spent time analyzing the discipline he was taught. This ended up turning him into a critic of it. After resigning to continue studying what he saw as a pseudoscience, he started to write books about it. However, the result was something different. By researching hysteria he could see a way to disprove several myths about the founding of the psychoanalytic discipline, such as Freud being the first to consider sex in hysteria or being the first to really listen to his patients, creating psychotherapy in the process. Learning about hysteria allowed him to see a new perspective and to have new evidence about certain myths that he already recognized as such. It allowed him to have a new approach to the critique of Psychoanalysis that he still carries out in his personal blog: chiabai.zarcrom.net.
