Melancholia: The Western Malady

This book argues that melancholia was a culture-bound syndrome which thrived in the West because of the structure of Western medicine since the Ancient Greeks, and because of the West's fascination with self-consciousness.

• • Author: Matthew Bell
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Sep 15, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 224 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1107069963
• • ISBN-13: 9781107069961