
At Home in the World
A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Art
Donald Capps(Author)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 28. January 2013
212 pages
978-1-62189-521-3 (ISBN)
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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.
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English
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Eugene
United States
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978-1-62189-521-3 (9781621895213)
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Donald Capps (1939-2015) was William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology (Emeritus) and adjunct professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of At Home in the World: A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Art (Cascade Books, 2013), Striking Out: The Religious Journey of Teenage Boys (Cascade Books, 2011), and Understanding Psychosis: Issues and Challenges for Sufferers, Families, and Friends (2010).
Content
- Title Page
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: The Melancholy Self
- Chapter 1: Da Vinci's Mona Lisa: Maternal Icon
- Chapter 2: Da Vinci's Mona Lisa: The Iconoclastic Backlash
- Chapter 3: Whistler's Mother: Object of Reverence
- Chapter 4: Whistler's Mother: Irreverent Reprisals
- Chapter 5: Rockwell's Shuffleton's Barbershop: On the Outside Looking In
- Part 2: The Maternal World
- Chapter 6: Gifford's Kauterskill Clove: The Mother Outdoors
- Chapter 7: Inness's Sunrise: The Anonymous Figure
- Chapter 8: Grandma Moses's Little Boy Blue: The Watchful Mother
- Chapter 9: Irving's "Rip Van Winkle": Imitating Nature's Repose
- Bibliography
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