Giuseppe Craparo

Carmelo Mario Vicario

 Gabriella Martino

Chiara Lucifora

Paola Magnano

The growing interest in Neuroscience by social scientists and philosophers has favored the emergence of a new, multidisciplinary field: Neuroethics. This discipline addresses the study of the social cognitive principles, the neurobiological determinants and the impact on technology design and use of moral judgment, decision making, and behavior. It adopts an integrated approach which builds on a backbone of a philosophical spirit, while using the scientific method in the study of the concept of morality and its expressions, from bodily reactions to behaviors. Related topics may include social cognition, theory of mind, empathy, altruism, conformity, prejudice and discrimination, attitudes and persuasion. This collection is based on a multidisciplinary approach that relies on the cross-fertilization between disciplines such as philosophy, social psychology, social neuroscience and clinical psychology to answer a fundamental question: what does it mean to be moral animals? The research topic aims to make recent discoveries on moral behavior and social cognition accessible to a broad audience interested in how morality defines human beings, their interactions and their social world.

The Social Brain: New Insights from Social, Clinical, and Biological Psychology

Onno van der Hart

Francesca Ortu

Rediscovering Pierre Janet explores the legacy left by the pioneering French psychologist, philosopher and psychotherapist (1859–1947), from the relationship of between Janet and Freud, to the influence of his dissociation theory on contemporary psychotraumatology. Divided into three parts, the first section places Janetian psychological analysis and psychoanalysis in context with the foundational tenets of psychoanalysis, from Freud to relational theory, before the book explores Janet’s work on trauma and dissociation and its influence on contemporary thinking. Part three presents several contemporary psychotherapy approaches directly influenced by Janetian theory, including the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and dissociative identity disorder. Rediscovering Pierre Janet draws together eminent scholars from a variety of backgrounds, each of whom has developed Janetian constructs according to his or her own theoretical and clinical models. It provides an integrative approach that offers contemporary perspectives on Janet’s work, and will be of significant interest to practicing psychoanalysts, psychiatrists and psychotherapists, especially those treating trauma-related dissociative disorders, as well as researchers with an interest in psychological trauma.

Trauma, Dissociation, and a New Context for Psychoanalysis

Rediscovering Pierre Janet

Giuseppe Craparo

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