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Author Davis, Lennard J., 1949-

Title Obsession : a history / Lennard J. Davis.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  616.85 DAV    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  616.85227 DAV    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.8522 DAV    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  616.85227 DAVIS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  616.8522 DAVIS    Check Shelf
Description v, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-276) and index.
Contents Origins of obsession -- The emergence of obsession -- Specialization as monomania -- Never done: compulsive writing, graphomania, bibliomania -- Freud and obsession as the gateway to psychoanalysis -- Obsessive sex and love -- Obsession and visual art -- OCD: now and forever -- Conclusion: So what? So what? So what? So what? and other obsessive thoughts.
Summary Obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category?both a pathology and a goal. Behind this paradox lies a fascinating history, which Lennard Davis tells in Obsession. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, Davis traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. From obsessive aspects of professional specialization to obsessive sex and nymphomania, no variety of obsession eludes Davis?s graceful analysis.
Subject Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- History.
Compulsive behavior -- History.
Obsessive Behavior -- history.
Compulsive Behavior -- history.
History, Modern 1601-
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- history.
ISBN 9780226137827 cloth alkaline paper
0226137821 cloth alkaline paper
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