Madness in Experience and History: Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology and Foucault's Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9781032020297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 244 str.

Hannah Lyn Venable

Opis

Madness in Experience and History brings together experience and history to show their impact on madness or mental illness.　

Spis treści

Part I: Introducing the United Approach; Introduction; 1. The Case for Unity: Integrating Experience in History; Part II: Merleau-Ponty: Madness and the Pre-Rational; 2. Phenomenology of the Pre-Rational; 3. Phenomenology of Madness; Part III: Foucault: Madness and the Irrational; 4. Archaeology of the Irrational; 5. Archaeology of Madness; Part IV: Synthesizing Merleau-Ponty and Foucault; 6. Merleau-Ponty vs. Foucault; 7. Resolving the Problems: Uniting the Perspectives of Merleau-Ponty and Foucault; Part V: Toward an Application; 8. The Strength of a United Approach: Implications for Psychology; Conclusion

O autorze

Hannah Lyn Venable, PhD, works in ethics and continental philosophy, especially existentialism, phenomenology and post-structuralism. Her articles have appeared in the journals Foucault Studies, Religions, Journal of Speculative Philosophy and Philosophy & Theology. She has taught at the University of Dallas, Texas State University and Trinity University and is now an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mary.