Madness, Religion and the State in Early M...

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Beschreibung

From the ideological crucible of the Reformation emerged an embittered contest for the human soul. In the care of souls, the clergy zealously dispensed spiritual physic; for countless early modern Europeans, the first echelon of mental health care. During its heyday, spiritual physic touched the lives of thousands, from penitents and pilgrims to demoniacs and mad people. Ironically, the phenomenon remains largely unexplored. Why? Through case histories from among the records of over 1,000 troubled and desperate individuals, this regional study of Bavaria investigates spiritual physic as a popular ritual practice during a tumultuous era of religious strife, material crises, moral repression and witch hunting. By the mid-seventeenth century, secular forces ushered in a psychological revolution across Europe. However, spiritual physic ensconced itself by proxy upon emergent bourgeois psychiatry. Today, its remnants raise haunting questions about science and the pursuit of objective knowledge in the ephemeral realm of human consciousness.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. On the soul; 2. Sackcloth and ashes; 3. Bavaria Sancta; 4. Spiritual afflictions; 5. the decline of religious madness; 6. confinement and its vicissitudes; 7. The legacy of spiritual physic.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Psychologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9780521853477
ISBN-10:	0521853478
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Lederer, David
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	235 x 157 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	David Lederer
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.06.2016
Gewicht:	0,706 kg