The inkblots : Hermann Rorschach, his iconic test, and the power of seeing / Damion Searls.
The inkblots : Hermann Rorschach, his iconic test, and the power of seeing / Damion Searls.
The inkblots : Hermann Rorschach, his iconic test, and the power of seeing / Damion Searls.
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Publisher
New York : Crown, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2017/2493
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
x, 405 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Tea leaves -- All becomes movement and life -- Klex -- I want to read people -- Extraordinary discoveries and warring worlds -- A path of one's own -- Little inkblots full of shapes -- Hermann Rorschach feels his brain being sliced apart -- The darkest and most elaborate delusions -- P...
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Publisher
New York : Crown, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind. For years he had grappled with the theories of Freud and Jung while also absorbing the aesthetic of a new generation of modern artists. He had come to believe that who we are is less a matter of what we say, as Freud though...
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The inkblots : Hermann Rorschach, his iconic test, and the power of seeing / Damion Searls.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-387) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2017
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Call Numbers
G 2017/2493
Record Identifier
74VKVaQOP42b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQOP42b
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ISBN
9780804136549
DDC
616.890092
MMS ID
991024104317102626
