Psychology of Suggestion
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Psychopathology and subconscious mind research

The Psychology of Suggestion: A Research into the Subconscious Nature of Man and Society

Boris Sidis1898
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A pioneering work in the study of the subconscious mind and social psychology. Sidis explores the nature of suggestion in both normal and abnormal states, investigating hypnosis, multiple personality, and mass hysteria. He introduces the concept of the 'subwaking self' and analyzes historical examples of 'social mania' (including religious revivals and the witch-hunts) as products of collective suggestion and the loss of individual critical consciousness.

Also known asBoris Sidis - Psychology of Suggestion · The Psychology of Suggestion
This edition1898
EditionD. Appleton and Company, New York
Dreams and unconscious processesMass Suggestion (as secular magic)Subconscious Mental ReservesHypnotism (as science)Suggestibility TheoryHypnosis & Hypnoidal StatesMagical thinking and religious beliefFunctionalismMoral philosophy and ethicsPsychological experimentationSocial Psychology / Crowd TheoryFolklore & SuperstitionModern Psychology / Psychical ResearchTherapeutic SuggestionSidis's Experimental Psychology

Contents31 chapters

  1. 01CHAPTER XV. NAL XVII
  2. 02CHAPTER I. SUGGESTION AND SUGGESTIBILITY
  3. 03CHAPTER IV. THE CONDITIONS OF NORMAL SUGGESTIBILITY
  4. 04CHAPTER V. THE LAW OF NORMAL SUGGESTIBILITY
  5. 05Chapter II
  6. 06CHAPTER VI. THE CONDITIONS OF ABNORMAL SUGGESTIBILITY
  7. 07CHAPTER VII. THE NATURE OF ABNORMAL SUGGESTIBILITY
  8. 08CHAPTER VIII. THE LAW OF ABNORMAL SUGGESTIBILITY
  9. 09CHAPTER IX. SUGGESTIBILITY AND THE WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS
  10. 10CHAPTER X. THE SECONDARY SELF
  11. 11CHAPTER XI. THE SUBCONSCIOUS SELF AND UNCONSCIOUS CEREBRATION
  12. 12CHAPTER XII. THE DOUBLE SELF
  13. 13CHAPTER XIII. THE INTERRELATION OF THE TWO SELVES
  14. 14CHAPTER XIV. SUBCONSCIOUS SENSE-PERCEPTION IN THE WAKING STATE
  15. 15CHAPTER XV. THE SUBCONSCIOUS SELF AND HALLUCINATIONS
  16. 16CHAPTER XVI. THE SUBWAKING SELF AND THE NORMAL INDIVIDUAL
  17. 17CHAPTER XVII. THE INTERCOMMUNICATION OF THE TWO SELVES
  18. 18CHAPTER XVIII. THE SUBCONSCIOUS SELF IN THE WAKING STATE
  19. 19CHAPTER XIX. THE PROBLEM OF PERSONALITY
  20. 20CHAPTER XxX. THE ELEMENTS AND STAGES OF SUBCONSCIOUSNESS
  21. 21CHAPTER XXII. THE CASE OF THE REV
  22. 22CHAPTER XXIII. FORMS OF SUBCONSCIOUS STATES AND TYTPES OF AMNESIA
  23. 23CHAPTER XXIV. THE CHARACTER OF THE SULCONSOIOUS SELF
  24. 24CHAPTER XXV. SUBCONSCIOUSNESS AND INSANITY
  25. 25Chapter XXIV.
  26. 26CHAPTER XXVII. SOCIAL SUGGESTILILITY
  27. 27CHAPTER XXVIII. SOCIETY AND EPIDEMICS
  28. 28CHAPTER XXIX. STAMPEDES
  29. 29CHAPTER XXX. MEDLEVAL MENTAL EPIDEMICS, Tar phenomena of history le open before us
  30. 30CHAPTER XXXI. DEMONOPHOBIA
  31. 31CHAPTER XXXII. FINANCIAL CRAZES

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