James Loeb and the History of Psychiatric Medicine, Gebunden
James Loeb and the History of Psychiatric Medicine
- Proceedings of the Third James Loeb Biennial Conference, Munich and Murnau 4-6 June 2023
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- Herausgeber:
- Jeffrey Henderson, Richard F. Thomas
- Verlag:
- Harvard University Press, 10/2025
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780674997752
- Artikelnummer:
- 12270430
- Umfang:
- 292 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 581 g
- Maße:
- 243 x 157 mm
- Stärke:
- 20 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 14.10.2025
- Serie:
- Loeb Classical Monographs
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
James Loeb (1867-1933), one of the great patrons and philanthropists of his time, left many enduring legacies both to America, where he was born and educated, and to his ancestral Germany, where he spent the second half of his life. Organized in celebration of the sesquicentenary of his birth, the James Loeb Biennial Conferences were convened to commemorate his achievements in four areas: the Loeb Classical Library (2017), collection and connoisseurship (2019), and after pandemic postponement, psychology and medicine (2023), and music (2025).
While the focus of the third conference shifted from Loeb as practitioner to Loeb as patient, the connection between his philanthropy and his personal experience remains clear and fascinating. Loeb suffered from the illness known today as severe bipolar disorder, for which he was treated by Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926), a pioneer in interdisciplinary brain and psychiatric research. Starting from the extensive records of this treatment, the volume's contributors examine the history of mental illness from antiquity to the present in light of Loeb's own condition, research, and contributions to medical humanism and psychiatric medicine.
Biografie (Richard F. Thomas)
Richard F. Thomas is Professor of Greek and Latin and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University. His teaching and research interests are generally focused on Hellenistic Greek and Roman literature, particularly that of Augustan Rome, intertextuality, translation and translation theory, the reception of classical literature in all periods, and the works of Bob Dylan.
