Mr. Hysteria

abstract: Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893), the leading neurologist of his time, is best remembered for his studies on hysteria presented in clinical lectures at the Paris Salpêtriè...

The diagnosis of hysteria has existed for at least four-thousand years, with roots in the ancient Greek word <i>hysterikos</i>, referring to diseases of the womb. In th...

Abstract When Jean-Martin Charcot selected Babinski as senior resident in 1885, Charcot’s fame, international as well as national, was at its peak, especially in reg...

Countless episodes of mass hysteria have occurred throughout history in different time frames and across different cultures. Mass hysteria is an exceptional psychological phenomeno...

Abstract The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women - or so they were diagnosed. Where are they now? The very disease no longer exists. In th...

AbstractThrough a detailed analysis of John Steinbeck's “The Chrysanthemums,” this article aims to open a new chapter in Freudian hysterical criticism of Steinbeck's works. “The Ch...

Hysteria as a disease has been around since ancient times. It has been used to argue that women are inferior due to its connections with the female reproductive system. When a comm...

Deleuze's work on Francis Bacon is an aesthetic clinic of hysteria and an implicit critique of the psychoanalytic conception of hysteria. Bacon's paintings reveal what is at stake ...