Melancholy and the otherness of God : a study of the hermeneutics of depression /

An impressive study that prompts the reader toward philosophical reflection on the hermeneutics of melancholy in its relation to maturing theological understanding and cultivation of a profound self-consciousness. Melancholy has been interpreted as a deadly sin or demonic temptation to non-being, ye...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feld, Alina N., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2011.
Temas:
Melancholy.
Depression, Mental.
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MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hippocratic humors, Plato's chora, and pseudo-Aristotle's question
  • The mortal sins of acedia, sadness, and sloth
  • Children of Saturn
  • Indolence and ennui
  • Infinite will, skepticism, and sublime terror
  • On God's otherness
  • Boredom, time, and the self
  • Psychic pathos, creativity, and insight
  • Postmodern depression and apocalypse
  • Therapeutics of melancholy.

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