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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feld, Alina N., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2011.
Subjects:
Melancholy.
Depression, Mental.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

Similar Items