by Karl Jaspers · ACANTILADO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495359766
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In 'Artistic Genius and Madness', Karl Jaspers, one of the most prominent philosophers of the 20th century, presents a comparative study of the lives and works of Strindberg, Van Gogh, Swedenborg, and Hölderlin. Through the analysis of the visionary character of these artists, Jaspers explores the relationship between madness and artistic creativity. From the perspective of psychiatry, a 'schizophrenic typology' is observed, while from the philosophy of culture, artistic explosions essential to understanding Western civilization are identified. This essay, written in 1922, is an original work and an experimental analysis that has become a classic.
Karl Theodor Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry, and philosophy. His 1913 work General Psychopathology influenced many later diagnostic criteria, and argued for a distinction between "primary" and "secondary" delusions.
