The Nature of Melancholy: From Aristotle to Kristeva by Radden, Jennifer - 2002-04-04

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Oxford Univ Press, March 2002. Paper Back. New. As centuries pass, diverging meanings of melancholy accumulate and coexist, generating an intriguing, if puzzling, sense of ambiguity and resonance. According to philosophy professor Jennifer Radden, 'Melancholy is both a normal disposition and a sign of mental disturbance; it is both a feeling and a way of behaving. It is a nebulous mood but also a set of self-accusing beliefs.' The medical and scientific systemization of depression focuses these ambiguities to the extent that melancholia and clinical depression (Radden makes no distinctions in terminology) become increasingly distant from the 'contradictory, multifaceted, amorphous, rich and resonant melancholy of past times.' As a kind of homage to its history, Radden has gathered excerpts and texts from some of the most influential sources in the long tradition preceding Freud that introduce conceptual questions about melancholy - what it is, rather than what to do about it. She… Read More

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Paperback / softback. New. Spanning 24 centuries, this interdisciplinary anthology collects over 30 pieces of Western writing about melancholy and related conditions. As it traces Western attitudes, it reveals a conversation across centuries and continents as authors interpret, respond, and build on each other's work.

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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr. New. 2002. Paperback. 0195151658 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED 392 pages. Book Description : "Spanning 24 centuries, this anthology collects over thirty selections of important Western writing about melancholy and its related conditions by philosophers, doctors, religious and literary figures, and modern psychologists. Truly interdisciplinary, it is the first such anthology. As it traces Western attitudes, it reveals a conversation across centuries and continents as the authors interpret, respond, and build on each other's work. Editor Jennifer Radden provides an extensive, in-depth introduction that draws links and parallels between the selections, and reveals the ambiguous relationship between these historical accounts of melancholy and today's psychiatric views on depression. This… Read More