Mania, depression, and culture
Mania, depression, and culture
Author(s): Mircea LăzărescuSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: mania; depression; culture; anthropology
Summary/Abstract: What occurs in psychopathology is the disturbance of psychoanthropological modules, or rather the demise of institutions like the king’s fool, and the detour of cultural phenomena like the carnival. They become undifferentiated, rigid, relatively autonomous, tending to react to minor and nonspecific stimuli, and finally taking over the psyche and de-situationalizing it.
Journal: Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity
- Issue Year: 3/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 147-152
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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