This book is based on a congress evaluating Jaspers' basic psychopathological concepts and their anthropological roots in light of modern research paradigms. It provides a definition of delusion, his concept of limit situation so much challenged by trauma research, and his methodological debate. We are approaching the anniversary of Jaspers seminal work General Psychopathology in 1913. The Centre of Psychosocial Medicine of the University with its Psychiatric Hospital where Jaspers wrote this influential volume as a 29 year old clinical assistant hosted a number of international experts familiar with his psychiatric and philosophical work. This fruitful interdisciplinary discussion seems particularly important in light of the renewed interest in Jaspers' work, which will presumably increase towards the anniversary year 2013. This volume is unique in bringing together the knowledge of leading international scholars and combining three dimensions of investigation that are necessary to understand Jaspers in light of contemporary questions: history (section I), methodology (section II) and application (section III).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781461488774
eBay Product ID (ePID)
191303078
Product Key Features
Book Title
Karl Jaspers' Philosophy and Psychopathology
Author
Thomas Fuchs, Thiemo Breyer, Christoph Mundt
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy, Science
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
188 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
4262g
Additional Product Features
Topic Area
Clinical Psychology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Thiemo Breyer, Thomas Fuchs, Christoph Mundt
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