The psyche and life. Suggestion. Bekhterev V.M.

The collection includes the selected articles by V.M. Bekhtereva, dedicated to the nature of mental activity, the relationship of the mental and physical worlds, the scientist’s views on the theory of evolution and natural selection and much more. According to the scientist himself, the main idea of ​​the article under the general name “psyche and life” is to tell about the closest ratio of the psyche and life as derivatives.

A separate section includes works dedicated to the topic of suggestion. An interest in Bekhterev in the study of suggestion was caused not only by the needs of the theory, but also by the widely spreading practice of this phenomenon. It is enough to recall the Malevanschina, epidemics of clicks, passion for spiritualism to understand the interest in suggestion as a factor in public life.