title: The unconscious in France before Freud: premises of a discovery.
abstract: The influence of German culture on Freud has long been acknowledged, while his indebtedness to French psychological and medical tradtion has often been overlooked. The author presents a study of the emergence and evolution of the concept of the unconscious in nineteenth century French scientific discourse and its influence on Freud.
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000266:history; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D012107:Research Design; D013009:Somnambulism / Q000266:history; D013404:Suggestion; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology