The Hidden Self - Couverture souple

James, William

 
9781514891605: The Hidden Self

Synopsis

First published in Scribner’s Magazine (1890), William James’s The Hidden Self is a provocative early exploration of what lies beneath ordinary waking consciousness. Drawing on research into hypnosis, hysteria, and “secondary” personalities, James examines how memory, sensation, and identity can split into parallel streams—producing hidden layers of thought and behavior that the “normal” self may not recognize.

Fascinated by the “unclassified residuum” of unusual mental phenomena, James argues that careful attention to irregular cases can expand psychology’s boundaries and deepen our understanding of mind and selfhood. Short, vivid, and historically important, this essay is ideal for readers of psychology, philosophy of mind, consciousness studies, and the history of psychological science.

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