The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (570 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804136564 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Damion Searls has written for Harper’s, n+1, and The Paris Review, and has translated the work of authors including Rainer Maria Rilke, Marcel Proust, and five Nobel Prize winners. . He has been the recipient of Guggenheim, NEA, and Cullman Center fellowships
For years he had grappled with the theories of Freud and Jung while also absorbing the aesthetic movements of the day, from Futurism to Dadaism. It became an advertising staple, a cliché in Hollywood and journalism, and an inspiration to everyone from Andy Warhol to Jay Z. The captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind: a set of ten carefully designed inkblots. And it is still used today.In this first-ever biography of Rorschach, Damion Searls draws on unpublished letters and diaries and a cache of previously unknown interviews with Rorschach’s family, friends, and colleagues to tell the unlikely story of the test’s creation, its controversial reinvention, and its remarkable endurance—and what it all reveals about the power of perception. Co-opted by the military after Pearl Harbor, it was a fixture at the Nuremberg trials and in the jungles of Vietnam. Elegant and original, The Inkblots shines a light on the twentieth century’s most visionary synthesis of art and science.. The test was also given to millions of defendants,
A dual biography, The Inkblots tells the story of the test’s inventor, Dr. This is sure to become the standard reference for both Hermann Rorschach’s life and times and the history of the inkblot test from his time to ours.” —Deirdre Bair, author of Jung: A Biography “In this accessible biography of Rorschach, Damion Searls shows us the young psychologist, who died at a tragically early age, making his way among the feuding early 20th century thinkers in psychology, including Freud and Jung. Vividly sketched with many new sources, The Inkblots reveals Rorschach to be a fascinating character: part artist, part clinician. In the end, true to Rorschach,&n
Psymansez said A well-written and learned book on the man, the test, and its proper use.. What can I tell you? I'm a retired psychologist and hated the Rorschach when I was trained in the late 1970s. Having read the book, I was fascinated by by the man Rorschach, and I learned a lot about the test itself and what could be interpreted from it, things I never fully grasped or believed in in earlier years. Fortunately, I don't think I ever used one after I got my license to practice, although I did a few test batteries to assess cognitive disorders, IQs, and memory problems in nu sing home patients. I provided psychotherapy help for A well-written and learned book on the man, the test, and its proper use. What can I tell you? I'm a retired psychologist and hated the Rorschach when I was trained in the late 1970s. Having read the book, I was fascinated by by the man Rorschach, and I learned a lot about the test itself and what could be interpreted from it, things I never fully grasped or believed in in earlier years. Fortunately, I don't think I ever used one after I got my license to practice, although I did a few test batteries to assess cognitive disorders, IQs, and memory problems in nu sing home patients. I provided psychotherapy help for 30 years, from age A well-written and learned book on the man, the test, and its proper use. Psymansez What can I tell you? I'm a retired psychologist and hated the Rorschach when I was trained in the late 1970s. Having read the book, I was fascinated by by the man Rorschach, and I learned a lot about the test itself and what could be interpreted from it, things I never fully grasped or believed in in earlier years. Fortunately, I don't think I ever used one after I got my license to practice, although I did a few test batteries to assess cognitive disorders, IQs, and memory problems in nu sing home patients. I provided psychotherapy help for 30 years, from age 40-70.. 0-70.. 0 years, from age A well-written and learned book on the man, the test, and its proper use. Psymansez What can I tell you? I'm a retired psychologist and hated the Rorschach when I was trained in the late 1970s. Having read the book, I was fascinated by by the man Rorschach, and I learned a lot about the test itself and what could be interpreted from it, things I never fully grasped or believed in in earlier years. Fortunately, I don't think I ever used one after I got my license to practice, although I did a few test batteries to assess cognitive disorders, IQs, and memory problems in nu sing home patients. I provided psychotherapy help for 30 years, from age 40-70.. 0-70.. Bessel A van der Kolk said Marvelous portrait -as relevant today as it was almost a century ago. Having done some scientific studies of the Rorschach and being intensely regretful about how little interest there currently is in these inkblots as a research tool I mainly read this book to learn more about this intriguing man who, like Mozart and Schubert, died in his middle thirties, and left a lasting legacy. It turned out to be fascinating portrait of the man and the method he invented. Hermann Rorschach was not a glamorous guy- he worked on the backwards of State Hospitals with chronic patients that his contemporaries largely ignored, just as they are today - but he was at once a survivor, a great creative artist and a. Loren D. Acord said Fascinating!. I am a Psychologist who used (and taught) Rorschach for over thirty years. I studied under Margarite Hertz at Western Reserve University. This book is an excellent biography and history of the Rorschach Psychodiagnostic. Fascinating, scientific, and well written to boot. Hard to pass up.