摘要：Primal Therapy, a form of psychological treatment based on expelling neurosis through emotional expression, was developed by the Californian psychotherapist Arthur Janov. His work became well known across the Anglophone world with the 1970 publication of The Primal Scream (subtitled Primal Therapy: The Cure for Neurosis). It is claimed this book sold more than one million copies internationally, which – if true – makes it one of the best-selling psychology books ever. In 1968 Janov had established the Primal Institute in Los Angeles; Institutes in New York and eventually Paris followed, both of which are now closed. He has run the Primal Center in Venice/Santa Monica since 1989, while his ex-wife Vivian is currently Executive Director of the nearby Primal Institute. His first book was followed by more than a dozen titles, none as popular or commercially successful as the founding text. Primal Therapy – or at least the ideas behind it – resonated with American and British cultural producers in the 1970s, but since then it seems largely forgotten. It is time to re-evaluate the historical conditions for the creation of the therapy, and to consider its cultural legacy.i
