Download or read book The Discovery Of The Unconscious written by Henri F. Ellenberger and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1981-10-16 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic work is a monumental, integrated view of man's search for an understanding of the inner reaches of the mind. In an account that is both exhaustive and exciting, the distinguished psychiatrist and author demonstrates the long chain of development—through the exorcists, magnetists, and hypnotists—that led to the fruition of dynamic psychiatry in the psychological systems of Janet, Freud, Adler, and Jung.