
At Home in the World
A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Art
Donald Capps(Author)
Lutterworth Press
Published on 26. September 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-0-7188-9322-4 (ISBN)
Description
The emotional separation of boys from their mothers in early childhood enables them to connect with their fathers and their fathers' world. But this separation also produces a melancholic reaction of sadness and sense of loss. Certain religious sensibilities develop out of this melancholic reaction, including a sense of honor, a sense of hope, and a sense of humor. Realizing that they cannot return to their original maternal environment, men, whether knowingly or not, embark on a lifelong search for a sense of being at home in the world. 'At Home in the World' focuses on works of art as a means to explore the formation and continuing expression of men's melancholy selves and their religious sensibilities. These explorations include such topics as male viewers' mixed feelings toward the maternal figure, physical settings that offer alternatives to the maternal environment, and the maternal resonances of the world of nature. By presenting images of the natural world as the locus of peace and contentment, 'At Home in the World' especially reflects of the religious sensibility of hope.
Reviews / Votes
"Without feigning to give the final word on any of his chosen works of art, these careful and studied reflections by Capps are a means of developing a healthy, restorative vision of the melancholy self, and both undergraduate and graduate researchers will find the monograph both accessible to their abilities and quite applicable to the interests of pastoral theology."-Taylor Worley, Theological Book Review, volume 26, no 1, 2014
"...this book does offer an intriguing foray into the dynamic dialogue which emerges from psychoanalysis, religion and art."
-Jessica Bratt, Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 69 Issue 02, May 2016
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
James Clarke & Co Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7188-9322-4 (9780718893224)
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Donald Capps is William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology Emeritus and Adjunct Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Striking Out: The Religious Journey of Teenage Boys (Cascade Books, 2011) and Understanding Psychosis (2010), and is coauthor with Nathan Carlin of Living in Limbo: Life in the Midst of Uncertainty (Cascade Books, 2010).
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1: The Melancholy Self
1. Da Vinci's Mona Lisa: Maternal Icon
2. Da Vinci's Mona Lisa: The Iconoclastic Backlash
3. Whistler's Mother: Object of Reverence
4. Whistler's Mother: Irreverent Reprisals
5. Rockwell's Shuffleton's Barbershop: On the Outside Looking In
PART 2: The Maternal World
6. Gifford's Kauterskill Clove: The Mother Outdoors
7. Inness's Sunrise: The Anonymous Figure
8. Grandma Moses's Little Boy Blue: The Watchful Mother
9. Irving's Rip Van Winkle: Imitating Nature's Repose
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1: The Melancholy Self
1. Da Vinci's Mona Lisa: Maternal Icon
2. Da Vinci's Mona Lisa: The Iconoclastic Backlash
3. Whistler's Mother: Object of Reverence
4. Whistler's Mother: Irreverent Reprisals
5. Rockwell's Shuffleton's Barbershop: On the Outside Looking In
PART 2: The Maternal World
6. Gifford's Kauterskill Clove: The Mother Outdoors
7. Inness's Sunrise: The Anonymous Figure
8. Grandma Moses's Little Boy Blue: The Watchful Mother
9. Irving's Rip Van Winkle: Imitating Nature's Repose
Bibliography
Index