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.
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Compulsive behavior -- History.
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Obsessive Behavior -- history.
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Compulsive Behavior -- history.
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History, Modern 1601-
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- history.
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ISBN |
9780226137827 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226137821 cloth alkaline paper |
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