The Discovery of the Unconscious

Henri Ellenberger's 1970 magnum opus — tracing the history of dynamic psychiatry from Mesmer through Freud, Jung, Adler, and Janet — the most comprehensive history of the unconscious concept.

Creates the complete history of dynamic psychiatry — The Discovery of the Unconscious places Freud and Jung in their proper historical context (showing that many of Freud's supposedly original ideas had predecessors in Janet, Charcot, and others) and is indispensable for understanding why psychoanalysis developed as it did.