Alina N. Feld 
Melancholy and the Otherness of God [EPUB ebook] 
A Study in the Genealogy, Hermeneutics, and Therapeutics of Depression

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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, yet its history of interpretation reveals a progressive coming to terms with the dark mood that ultimately unveils it as the selfs own ground and a trace of the abysmal nature of God. The book advances two provocative claims: that far from being a contingent condition, melancholy has been progressively acknowledged as constitutive of subjectivity as such, a trace of divine otherness and pathos, and that the effort to transcend melancholy-like Perseus vanquishing Medusa-is a necessary labor of maturing self-consciousness. Reductive attempts to eliminate it, besides being dangerously utopian, risk overcoming the labor of the soul that makes us human. This study sets forth a rigorous scholarly argument that spans several disciplines, including philosophy, theology, psychology, and literary studies.

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780739166055 ● Editura Lexington Books ● Publicat 2011 ● Descărcabil 6 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 2464855 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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