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Chapter 1 - ‘Classic’ and ‘Romantic’ in Psychiatry

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2025

Gareth S. Owen
Gareth S. Owen
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King's College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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Introduces and elaborates a distinction between the ‘classic’ and ‘romantic’ perspectives. Contextualises the terms using Goethe’s idea of ‘world literature’. Draws out qualities such as the ‘Olympian detachment’ of the classic perspective and the temporality, self-awareness and will to action of the romantic perspective with right and left political hues. Explores prototypes both in and out of psychiatry and outlines how the perspectives will be used in the book.

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classic versus romanticGoetheMax Schelerpsychiatry
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Psychiatry and Human Nature
Classic and Romantic Perspectives
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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