The Cruelty Of Depression

152 Pages·1997·5.313 MB·English

by  Jacques Hassoun

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The Cruelty
of Depression

The Cruelty
of Depression
On Melancholy
Jacques Hassoun, M.D.
Translated by David Jacobson
Foreword by Michael Vincent Miller, Ph.D.
Addison-Wesley
Reading, Massachusetts
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537
.H36/3
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hassoun, Jacques.
[Cruaute melancolique. English]
The cruelty of depression : on melancholy / Jacques Hassoun ;
translated by David Jacobson ; foreword by Michael Vincent Miller,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-201-59046-8
1. Depression, Mental. 2. Melancholy. I. Title.
RC537.H3613 1997
616.85'27—dc21 97-20072
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Translation of La Cruaute melancolique
English translation copyright © 1997 by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Foreword copyright © 1997 by Michael Vincent Miller
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Contents
Foreword by Michael Vincent Miller; Ph.D. vii
Acknowledgments xxxi
Introduction 1
1. Janus the Melancholic 9
2. “From one passion to the other” 24
3. “Je ne sais quoi . . .” 46
4. “That man means nothing to me” 53
5. Where Passion and Anxiety Meet: The Wait 67
6. “I would prefer not to” 77
7. The Black Sun of Melancholy 88
Bibliography 103
Throughout this book, both foreword and text, the pronouns
“he” and “him” are used to refer to the melancholic subject. This
usage intends no prejudice, but is simply a matter of stylistic expe¬
diency