Laura Wittman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5768020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Wittman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Wittman |
| SIGNATURE | WITTMAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body
At the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the battlefields; The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic national burial as an emblem for modern mourning.
Mystical Insight and Psychology in the Fin-De-Siecle Novel
This essay considers, first, how late nineteenth-century psychology and psychopathology seeks to distinguish between mystical experience and mental breakdown, as both are instances of a radical break in normal consciousness, and both can result in similar symptoms of dissociation and denial of everyday reality. Late nineteenth-century mystics and historians of mysticism claim that mystical experience is internal and self-validating and yet, as th…
Vittorio Sereni o L'istinto della gioia
[...] l'immagine che altri hanno di me è di un uomo incerto, dubbioso, perplesso, e addirittura pessimista o triste. Questo accade perché, avendo io una consapevolezza della gioia e vedendola svilita, porto in me un certo disagio, riservatezza, o mugugno. Tuttavia la gioia c'è. Si tratta di momenti che, chi mi sa osservare, sa anche percepire. E d'altra parte non è che io possa definire la gioia: non è un concetto, è un istinto [...] –- Vittorio …
Mystical Insight and Psychology in the Fin-De-Siecle Novel
This essay considers, first, how late nineteenth-century psychology and psychopathology seeks to distinguish between mystical experience and mental breakdown, as both are instances of a radical break in normal consciousness, and both can result in similar symptoms of dissociation and denial of everyday reality. Late nineteenth-century mystics and historians of mysticism claim that mystical experience is internal and self-validating and yet, as th…
Vittorio Sereni o L'istinto della gioia
[...] l'immagine che altri hanno di me è di un uomo incerto, dubbioso, perplesso, e addirittura pessimista o triste. Questo accade perché, avendo io una consapevolezza della gioia e vedendola svilita, porto in me un certo disagio, riservatezza, o mugugno. Tuttavia la gioia c'è. Si tratta di momenti che, chi mi sa osservare, sa anche percepire. E d'altra parte non è che io possa definire la gioia: non è un concetto, è un istinto [...] –- Vittorio …
Mystical Insight and Psychology in the Fin-De-Siecle Novel
This essay considers, first, how late nineteenth-century psychology and psychopathology seeks to distinguish between mystical experience and mental breakdown, as both are instances of a radical break in normal consciousness, and both can result in similar symptoms of dissociation and denial of everyday reality. Late nineteenth-century mystics and historians of mysticism claim that mystical experience is internal and self-validating and yet, as th…
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body
At the end of the First World War, countries across Europe participated in an unprecedented ritual in which a single, anonymous body was buried to symbolize the overwhelming trauma of the battlefields; The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier explores the creation and reception of this symbolic national burial as an emblem for modern mourning.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body
Art (3 works) · Literature (2 works) · Mysticism (2 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Aspect symbolique (1 works) · Catholicism and Religious Studies (1 works) · Corps humain (1 works) · Coutumes (1 works)