A Conceptual and Therapeutic Analysis of Fear

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-78348-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 299 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 523 g

There is an important gap in the philosophical literature concerning the concept of fear and its remedies, and this book has been designed to examine different concepts of fear that inform its therapy. Structured as a historical-philosophical investigation of the concept of fear, this book is not a purely historical analysis of fear but also provides a broad brushwork rendition of the main concepts of fear as presented by selected philosophers and thinkers, and how they have approached its therapy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Starkstein, Sergio

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction.- 2.The Epicurean concept of fear and the road to ataraxia.- 3.Roman fears.- 4.Montaigne’s Essays.- 5. Thomas Hobbes and fear.- 6. Descartes and the mechanization of fear.- 7. James’s fears and Wittgenstein’s therapy.- 8. Sigmund Freud and the psychoanalytical concept of fear.- 9. The medicalization and social construction of fear in the age of anxiety.- 10. Conclusions.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Sergio Starksteinis a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Western Australia. He obtained PhDs in neuropsychiatry (University of Buenos Aires) and philosophy (Murdoch University), and was Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University.