Screen LibraryMelancholia : the Western malady /
Melancholia is a commonly experienced feeling, and one with a long and fascinating medical history that can be charted back to antiquity. Avoiding the simplistic binary opposition of constructivism and hard realism, this book argues that melancholia was a culture-bound syndrome which thrived in the...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Melancholia is a commonly experienced feeling, and one with a long and fascinating medical history that can be charted back to antiquity. Avoiding the simplistic binary opposition of constructivism and hard realism, this book argues that melancholia was a culture-bound syndrome which thrived in the West because of the structure of Western medicine since the Ancient Greeks, and because of the West's fascination with self-consciousness. Whilst melancholia cannot be equated with modern depression, Matthew Bell argues that concepts from recent depression research can shed light on melancholia. W |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 210 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107069961 (hardback) : 1107069963 |
| Index Number: | BF575 |
| CLC: |
B842.6 R749.4-09 |
| Call Number: | R749.4-09/B434 |
| Contents: |
Naming a disease -- What's wrong with me? -- Melancholy men, depressed women? -- The Western malady -- The telescope of truth. |