The Enduring Effects of Prenatal Experiences
Echoes from the Womb
Published on 7. December 2023
Book
Hardback
337 pages
978-1-5275-5850-2 (ISBN)
Description
How do we experience the first nine months of our lives in the womb? What happens during and immediately after birth? And how are these primary experiences processed by the individual, in society and in culture? In this book, Ludwig Janus, a leading specialist in the field of prenatal psychology, undertakes a reassessment of prenatal and birth experiences for what is relevant to the experience and behavior of the individual and the specific manifestations in art, religion and politics, based on many years of research.
Reviews / Votes
'A brilliant, comprehensive book that contains a wealth of insight into the conditions at the beginning of human life and in which the author presents how these conditions shape adult personality, culture, and society. A fascinating, rich, and rewarding read.'Thomas R. VernyAuthor of 'The Secret Life of the Unborn''Ludwig Janus argues for the formative influence of the earliest pre-linguistic period of life. A tour de force, this book weaves prenatal experience into a fascinating and compelling psychohistory of social, political and economic action. Janus's short epilogue is a masterpiece of concision that summarizes the latest empirical evidence for his thesis.'Robert Kramer, PhDCo-editor of The Letters of Sigmund Freud and Otto Rank: Inside PsychoanalysisMore details
Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5275-5850-2 (9781527558502)
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E-Book
11/2023
1st Edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
€264.99
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Person
Ludwig Janus, MD, is a practicing psychoanalytic and prenatal orientated psychotherapist in Heidelberg since 1975, and since 2005 in Dossenheim near Heidelberg, Germany. He is the former president of the International Society for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine (ISPPM) and the German Society for Psychohistory and Political Psychology. He is currently a member of the Society for Supporting the Relationship between Mother and Child before Birth and a member of the group for Prenatal Orientated Psychotherapy. He has published numerous publications on prenatal and perinatal psychology and on psychohistory.