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Pierre Janet

Born

in Paris, France

March 30, 1859

Died

February 24, 1947

Genre

Psychology, Philosophy

Influences

Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung ...more

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Pierre Marie Félix Janet was a pioneering French psychologist, philosopher, and psychotherapist in the field of dissociation and traumatic memory. He is ranked alongside William James and Wilhelm Wundt as one of the founding fathers of psychology.

Janet was one of the first people to allege a connection between events in a subject's past life and his or her present-day trauma, and coined the words "dissociation" and "subconscious". His study of the "magnetic passion" or "rapport" between the patient and the hypnotist anticipated later accounts of the transference phenomenon.

The 20th century saw Janet developing a grand model of the mind in terms of levels of energy, efficiency and social competence, which he set out in publications including ...more

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	The Fear of Action: A Classic Article in the History of Psychology by Pierre Janet, David Webb (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Major Symptoms Of Hysteria: Fifteen Lectures Given In The Medical School Of Harvard University 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1907 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psicología de los sentimientos 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L' évolution psychologique de la personnalité 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disaggregazione, spiritismo, doppie personalità 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1889 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De L'angoisse À L'extase Volume I: Études Sur Les Croyances Et Les Sentiments (1926) by Pierre Janet, Charles Blondel, Serge Nicolas (Preface) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Névroses it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La passione sonnambulica e altri scritti by Pierre Janet, Nicola Lalli (Editor), Maria Rosaria D'Angelo (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Amour et la Haine 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Subconscious Acts, Anesthesias and Psychological Disaggregation in Psychological Automatism: Partial Automatism by Pierre Janet, Sarah Osei-Bonsu (Translator), Adam Crabtree (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Onno van der Hart (Editor), Giuseppe Craparo (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Traumas produce their disintegrating effects in proportion to their intensity, duration and repetition. (1909)”
― Pierre Janet

tags: posttraumatic-stress-disorder, ptsd, ptss, trauma, traumatic-experiences, traumatic-stress

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“Parler est déjà ennuyeux, mais enfin on peut arriver à se faire comprendre.”
― Pierre Janet, L'Amour et la Haine

tags: philosophie, psychologie

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“Martial (the main character of LOCUS SOLUS) has a very interesting conception of literary beauty: the work must contain nothing real, no observations about the world or the mind, nothing but completely imaginary constructions. These are in themselves ideas from an extrahuman world.”
― Pierre Janet

tags: ideas, imagination, literature, mind, surrealism, writing

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