A Mobius Strip

Fin-de-Siecle Neuropsychiatry and Paul Mobius

Francis Schiller

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University of California Press
12 June 2024

Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology

"""Möbius strip: a one-sided surface formed by holding one end of a rectangle fixed, rotating the opposite end through 180 degrees, and then applying it to the first end.""—Webster's Third International Dictionary

In this intriguing book, Francis Schiller describes the philosophy, life, and work of Paul Möbius, tracing through them the beginnings of modern neuropsychiatry. Freud called Möbius ""a pioneer of psychotherapy."" The grandson of the inventor of the Möbius strip, he made important contributions to both neurology and psychiatry. The Leipzig physician had come to the study of medicine by way of philosophy. Consistent with his own ""nonmaterialistic monism,"" he sought a unifying solution to the age-old problem of the relationship between the mind and the brain. Schiller aptly uses the geometrical puzzle invented by Möbius's grandfather to illustrate Möbius's view of this relationship.

A Möbius Strip is a unique exploration of nineteenth-century views of the ""mind-body problem"" and of the relationship between disorders of the brain and the psyche. It sheds light on the origins of modern psychotherapy and the concept of the unconscious, the formulation of hysteria as a psychogenic disorder, the localization of function in the brain, the relationship between neurology and psychiatry, and turn-of-the-century ideas about sex and behavior.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982."

By: Francis Schiller
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9780520414815
ISBN 10: 0520414810
Pages: 142
Publication Date: 12 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

I Who Was Mobius? II What Was Monism? III Fechner and Leipzig IV The Road to Psychotherapy V Hysteria and the Unconscious VI More about Hypnosis: Charcot and Benedikt VII Mobius and Freud VIII Neuropathology and Psychiatry IX Meynert and Wernicke X Neurasthenia and Degeneracy XI The Pathographies XII Cranioscopy and Gall XIII Sex and. . . XIV Full Cycle Bibliography Index

At the time of original publication, Francis Schiller, M.D., was Clinical Professor of Neurology and Senior Lecturer in the Department of the History of Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. He was a coeditor and contributor to The Founders of Neurology and the author of Paul Broca: Founder of French Anthropology, Explorer of the Brain.