Melancholy and the Otherness of God : a Study in the Genealogy, Hermeneutics, and Therapeutics 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
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011.
Temas:
Melancholy.
Depression, Mental.
Depressive Disorder
Mélancolie.
Dépression.
melancholy.
Depression, Mental
Melancholy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Hippocratic Humors, Plato's Chora, and Pseudo-Aristotle's Question
  • Chapter 2 The Mortal Sins of Acedia, Sadness, and Sloth
  • Chapter 3 Children of Saturn
  • Chapter 4 Indolence and Ennui
  • Chapter 5 Infinite Will, Skepticism, and Sublime Terror
  • Chapter 6 On God's Otherness
  • Chapter 7 Boredom, Time, and the Self
  • Chapter 8 Psychic Pathos, Creativity, and Insight
  • Chapter 9 Postmodern Depression and Apocalypse
  • Chapter 10 Therapeutics of Melancholy
  • Afterthoughts
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author.

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