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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 self's 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.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Hippocratic Humors, Plato's Chora, and Pseudo-Aristotle's Question Chapter 3 Chapter 2. The Mortal Sins of Acedia, Sadness, and Sloth Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Children of Saturn Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Indolence and Ennui Chapter 6 Chapter 5. Infinite Will, Skepticism, and Sublime Terror Chapter 7 Chapter 6. On God's Otherness Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Boredom, Time, and the Self Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Psychic Pathos, Creativity, and Insight Chapter 10 Chapter 9. Postmodern Depression and Apocalypse Chapter 11 Chapter 10. Therapeutics of Melancholy Chapter 12 After Thoughts
