{"product_id":"hysteria-christopher-bollas-9780415220330","title":"Hysteria","description":"Hysteria has disappeared from contemporary culture only insofar as it has been subjected to a repression through the popular diagnosis of 'borderline personality disorder'.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHysteria\u003c\/em\u003e the distinguished psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas offers an original and illuminating theory of hysteria that weaves its well-known features - repressed sexual ideas; indifference to conversion; over-identification with the other - into the hysteric form.\u003cbr\u003eThrough a rereading of Freud, Bollas argues that sexuality in itself is traumatic to all children, as it 'destroys' the relation to the mother, transfiguring her from 'mamma', the infant's caregiver, to 'mother', the child's and father's sex object. For the hysteric this recognition is endlessly traumatic and the hysterical personality forms itself into an organised opposition to this knowledge.\u003cbr\u003eTrue to his earlier writings, Bollas' vision is thought provoking and mind expanding. \u003cem\u003eHysteria\u003c\/em\u003e brings new perspectives to long-standing ideas, making enlightening reading for students and professionals involved in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy alike, as well as the lay reader who takes an interest in the formation of personality in western culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Bollas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415220335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415220330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.17w x 0.46d","brand":"Christopher Bollas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946597646591,"sku":"9780415220330","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_024d0e97-21df-4618-b15f-3d1ff14134d4.jpg?v=1681514049","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hysteria-christopher-bollas-9780415220330","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}