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OverviewThis volume continues the critical exploration of fundamental issues in the medieval and early modern world, here concerning mental health, spirituality, melancholy, mystical visions, medicine, and well-being. The contributors, who originally had presented their research at a symposium at The University of Arizona in May 2013, explore a wide range of approaches and materials pertinent to these issues, taking us from the early Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, capping the volume with some reflections on the relevance of religion today. Lapidary sciences matter here as much as medical-psychological research, combined with literary and art-historical approaches. The premodern understanding of mental health is not taken as a miraculous panacea for modern problems, but the contributors suggest that medieval and early modern writers, scientists, and artists commanded a considerable amount of arcane, sometimes curious and speculative, knowledge that promises to be of value and relevance even for us today, once again. Modern palliative medicine finds, for instance, intriguing parallels in medieval word magic, and the mystical perspectives encapsulated highly productive alternative perceptions of the macrocosm and microcosm that promise to be insightful and important also for the post-modern world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Albrecht ClassenPublisher: De Gruyter Imprint: De Gruyter Volume: 15 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 5.00cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 1.186kg ISBN: 9783110360875ISBN 10: 311036087 Pages: 744 Publication Date: 16 June 2014 Recommended Age: College Graduate Student Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsDies ist ein eindrucksvoller [...] Band. [...] Modernen Lesern f hren die handwerklich soliden und vom Herausgeber akkurat redigierten Beitr ge eindrucksvoll vor Augen, dass der mittelalterliche Mensch noch viel st rker im Bewusstsein einer fundamentalen Verschr nkung von Leib und Seele, Mikro- und Makroskosmos, Erde und Himmel lebte. Heiko Hartmann in: Mediaevistik 29 (2016), 320-322 """Dies ist ein eindrucksvoller [...] Band. [...] Modernen Lesern führen die handwerklich soliden und vom Herausgeber akkurat redigierten Beiträge eindrucksvoll vor Augen, dass der mittelalterliche Mensch noch viel stärker im Bewusstsein einer fundamentalen Verschränkung von Leib und Seele, Mikro- und Makroskosmos, Erde und Himmel lebte."" Heiko Hartmann in: Mediaevistik 29 (2016), 320-322" Dies ist ein eindrucksvoller [...] Band. [...] Modernen Lesern fuhren die handwerklich soliden und vom Herausgeber akkurat redigierten Beitrage eindrucksvoll vor Augen, dass der mittelalterliche Mensch noch viel starker im Bewusstsein einer fundamentalen Verschrankung von Leib und Seele, Mikro- und Makroskosmos, Erde und Himmel lebte. Heiko Hartmann in: Mediaevistik 29 (2016), 320-322 Author InformationAlbrecht Classen, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |