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