ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1982
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

University of Arizona Press 1982 220 strana

odlična očuvanost

In Artistic Genius and Madness, Karl Jaspers, one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century, develops a comparative study of the life and artistic trajectories of Strindberg, Van Gogh, Swedenborg and Hölderlin. The analysis of the visionary character of all of them is accompanied by a strict investigation into the relationships between madness and artistic creativity. What, from the perspective of the psychiatrist, is observed as a `schizophrenic typology`, from that of the philosopher of culture is seen as a series of artistic explosions essential to understanding the direction of Western civilization. Artistic Genius and Madness, written in 1922, is one of Jaspers` most original essays and at the same time a remarkable experimental analysis that has become a classic.