{"product_id":"9781573567282","title":"Movies and the Modern Psyche","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy looking at the interactions between cinema and psychology, Packer offers readers clear and basic insights into some of the most fundamental reasons why film is such an important influence upon our lives today. \u003ci\u003eMovies and the Modern Psyche\u003c\/i\u003e first describes the basic concepts of psychoanalysis, experimental psychology, behavioral conditioning, and hypnosis, which have all played major roles in the histories of both film and psychiatry. It then goes on to discuss the recent rise in film therapy, drug treatments, treatment for drug abuse, and the closing of asylums, to show how shifts in treatment techniques, theories, and settings are foreshadowed and fossilized by film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychology and cinema are kindred cousins, born at the same time and developing together, so that each influences the other. From the mind-controlling villains that occupy early horror films and Cold War thrillers (like \u003ci\u003eCaligari, Mabuse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Ipcress File\u003c\/i\u003e), to the asylums that house numberless political allegories and personal dramas (in \u003ci\u003eShock Corridor, Spellbound, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGirl Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e), to the drugs, phobias, and disorders that pervade so many of our favorite films (including, as a small sample, \u003ci\u003eVertigo, Night of the Hunter, Psycho, Rainman, Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBatman Begins\u003c\/i\u003e), there is no escaping either psychology in the movies, or the movies in psychology. By looking at the interactions between cinema and psychology, this book offers readers clear and basic insights into some of the most fundamental reasons why film is such an important influence upon our lives today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMovies and the Modern Psyche\u003c\/i\u003e first describes the basic concepts of psychoanalysis, experimental psychology, behavioral conditioning, and hypnosis, which have all played major roles in the histories of both film and psychiatry. It then goes on to discuss the recent rise in film therapy, drug treatments, treatment for drug abuse, and the closing of asylums, to show how shifts in treatment techniques, theories, and settings are foreshadowed and fossilized by film.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ABC-CLIO, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150193344752,"sku":"9781573567282","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781573567282_p0.jpg?v=1763796722","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781573567282","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}