Thou Shalt Not Be Aware

Society's Betrayal of the Child

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Psychology, Psychoanalysis

Alice Miller

Thou Shalt Not Be Aware / Du sollst nicht merken

Society's Betrayal of the Child

»Originally published in 1984, Thou Shalt Not Be Aware explodes Freud's notions of »infantile sexuality« and helps to bring to the world's attention the brutal reality of child abuse, changing forever our thoughts of »traditional« methods of child-rearing.

Dr. Miller exposes the harsh truths behind children's »fantasies« by examining case histories, works of literature, dreams, and the lives of such people as Franz Kafka,...

Dr. Miller exposes the harsh truths behind children's »fantasies« by examining case histories, works of literature, dreams, and the lives of such people as Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Gustave Flaubert, and Samuel Beckett. [...] Thou Shalt Not Be Aware continues to bring an essential understanding to the confrontation and treatment of the devastating effects of child abuse.« (book description from the English edition published by FSG)

1981, 416 pages

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Psychology, Psychoanalysis

Alice Miller

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Alice Miller, born in 1923, was a psychotherapist who conducted research into the influence of childhood trauma on the adult. In 1980, she decided to dedicate herself completely to writing in order to commit to her broad experience of the deeper meanings of childhood and share her knowledge of their decisive persistence in entire life with a larger public. Alice Miller died on April 14, 2010 at the age of 87.

Alice Miller

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Alice Miller, born in 1923, was a psychotherapist who conducted research into the influence of childhood trauma on the adult. In 1980, she decided...

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How do our first experiences of pain and love affect our future adult lives and our relationships with others? This is the key question which runs through the »life stories« collected...

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Year of Publication: 2007

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Free from Lies

Since the landmark publication of The Drama of the Gifted Child, no one has been more influential than Alice Miller in empowering adults whose lives were maimed emotionally and physically...

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Year of Publication: 2005

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The Body Never Lies

In this empowering work, writes Rutgers professor Philip Greven, readers will learn how to confront the overt and covert traumas of their own childhoods with the enlightened guidance of Alice...

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Year of Publication: 2003

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Thruth Will Set You Free

When God created the Garden of Eden, he came up with a cruel scenario: He gave Adam and Eve the tree of knowledge, but forbade them to eat of its fruits. The Father of all fathers punished the...

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Year of Publication: 2003

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Breaking Down the Wall of Silence

Psychohistorical analyses of such brutal tyrants as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Nicolae Ceausescu show the obvious links between the horrors of their childhoods and the horror they inflicted on...

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Year of Publication: 1997

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Drama of the Gifted Child

Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answer – and has helped them to apply...

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Year of Publication: 1990

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Banished Knowledge

Cruelty to a »bad child« will make that child into a bad adult and later create a bad world, unless an enlightened witness comes to the rescue. A child respected and taken seriously will...

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Year of Publication: 1988

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The Untouched Key

As in her former books, Alice Miller again focusses on facts. She is as determined as ever to cut through the veil that, for thousands of years now, has been so meticulously woven to shroud the...

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Year of Publication: 1985

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Pictures of a Childhood

In Pictures of a Childhood, Alice Miller explores the connection between childhood and that creative activity which »somehow permits us to give form to the chaos within and thereby master...

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Year of Publication: 1980

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For Your Own Good

»For Your Own Good, the contemporary classic exploring the serious if not gravely dangerous consequences parental cruelty can bring to bear on children everywhere, is one of the...

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