Knot of the Soul: Madness, Psychoanalysis, Islam by Pandolfo, Stefania

University of Chicago Press, 2018-05-04. paperback. Good. Previously read with typical light wear. Good text with minimal/minor marking, reading wear to cover and edges. Previous owner name whited out inside cover.. Most items shipped via US Mail. Please provide a US Mail delivery address at checkout. Biblio's shipping charge based on a 2 lb weight. Oversize and heavy books will require an additional shipping charge.

University of Chicago Press, 2018-05-04. Paperback. Used: Good.

University of Chicago Press, 2018. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 419 pp, notes, indices. [24]

Paperback / softback. New. In this unsettling and innovative book, anthropologist Stefania Pandolfo addresses the problematic of the subject through a dual examination of psychoanalysis and Islamic theological-medical reasoning, reflecting on the unconscious maladies of the soul at a time of tremendous global upheaval. Drawing on in-depth historical research and sensitively listening to contemporary patients in Morocco, she offers both an ethnographic journey through madness and contemporary formations of despair and a philosophical and theological exploration of the vicissitudes of the soul. Pandolfo's study spans a breadth that encompasses experiences of psychosis in psychiatric hospitals, visionary torments of the soul in urban life, the difficulty of undocumented migration, and the liturgical space of Quranic healing. Demonstrating how contemporary Islamic cures for madness address some of the core preoccupations of the psychoanalytic approach, she reveals how a religious and ethical relation… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. 419 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. 419 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

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