Melancholia - The Western Malady

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Bell is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at King's College London. His main areas of research are eighteenth-century literature and thought, and the history of the human sciences. He is the author of The German Tradition of Psychology in Literature and Thought, 1700–1840 (Cambridge, 2005). Klappentext A unique explanation of melancholia! charting its fascinating history and demonstrating how it flourished because of the West's peculiar fascination with self-consciousness. This book will appeal to readers interested in the cultural history of the West! as well as those with an interest in mental illness. Zusammenfassung A unique explanation of melancholia! charting its fascinating history and demonstrating how it flourished because of the West's peculiar fascination with self-consciousness. This book will appeal to readers interested in the cultural history of the West! as well as those with an interest in mental illness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Naming a disease; 2. What's wrong with me?; 3. Melancholy men, depressed women?; 4. The Western malady; 5. The telescope of truth; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Bell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2014
• EAN: 9781107069961
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06996-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Veterinary medicine; History of Ideas, Europe, The arts: general issues, Philosophy, Psychology, Social & cultural history, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Psychiatry, Greece, History of Medicine, Literature & literary studies, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social, group or collective psychology, Social and cultural history, General and world history, The Americas, Ancient (Classical) Greek, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology