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Depression Self-Consciousness, Pretending, and Guilt
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Ernest Keen
Book Code: C7567
ISBN: 0-275-97567-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97567-8
152 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 1/30/2002
List Price: $81.95 (UK Sterling Price: £47.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Keen's perspective is philosophical and humane....[It] provides out-of-the-box thinking on depression that may be of value to upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers, faculty, and professionals.
    —Choice     October 2002
Description: Most studies of depression focus on the psychiatric or medical interpretation of the experience. Sadness and guilt are human experiences, Keen argues, not disease symptoms. They involve the intricate layers of enacting a style for others, of coping with moral crises, and enduring disappointment. Depression tells us of life and death, good and evil, but not sickness and health. Keen begins with human consciousness, in contrast to the non-reflective consciousness of animals. It becomes clear that the social meanings of "being depressed" complicate and may even obscure the experiences of sadness and guilt that must be lived through and survived in human depression. The uniquely human and moral content is highlighted; the dysfunction of "disease" is demystified. Of particular interest to practitioners, professors, and students involved with psychology.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • Duplicity and Pretending
  • Volition
  • Pretending and Depression
  • Depression and Meaning
  • Loss, Anger, Fear, Longing, and Guilt
  • Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Pretending
  • Notes on Morality and Ontology
  • Guilt and Depression
  • Bibliography
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