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Dostoyevsky's Stalker and Other Essays on Psychopathology and the Arts

By Michael , Dostoyevsky , Fyodor; Dostoyevsky , Fyodor; Sperber

Book information

Publisher
University Press of America
Year
2010
ISBN
978-0-7618-4993-3, 0761849939, 978-0-7618-4994-0, 0761849947
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
205 kB (210261 bytes)
Pages
200\0
Time added
2019-09-24 23:52:56
DostoyevskyFyodor,;1821-1881;Criticism and interpretation;DosFyodor,;1821-1881;Mental illness in literature;Men

Description

In Dostoyevsky's Stalker, we discover how the arts may illuminate psychiatry and psychoanalysis, as well as how these disciplines may elucidate works of literature, art, and cinema. Examining a diversity of authors, artists, historical figures, and psychopaths over the course of modern history, this groundbreaking collection of essays proposes a paradigm shift in psychiatry, based on the idea that some symptoms of mental illness may have constructive uses and may be used by the sufferer for mental and spiritual growth instead of going untreated or else being "analyzed away." Content: pt. 1. Variations on a theme of shame -- pt. 2. Post-traumatic stress disorder -- pt. 3. Hallucinations and illusions -- pt. 4. Mood imagery in literature.

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