Neil Scheurich
Biographic Data
| ID | 5908767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil Scheurich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil |
| FAMILY NAME | Scheurich |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEURICH N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kentucky |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Evolution, Human Enhancement, and the Narrative Self
Evolution, Human Enhancement, and the Narrative Self Neil Scheurich (bio) But philosophy has no direct influence on the great mass of mankind; it is of interest to only a small number even of the top layer of intellectuals and is scarcely intelligible to anyone else. On the other hand, religion is an immense power which has the strongest emotions of human beings at its service. Sigmund Freud1 In casual conversation a while back, a psychiatrist co…
Suffering and Spirituality in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson
Nathanael West's Miss Lonelyhearts and the Problem of Suffering
Reading, Listening, and Other Beleaguered Practices in General Psychiatry
Both literature and psychotherapy share-in addition to narrative structure and all that it entails-something less fortunate: an appeal that is often lost upon contemporary audiences and that is forever under pressure from general, medical, and psychiatric cultures that valorize standardization and efficiency. This paper considers a number of aesthetic, moral, and cultural justifications that may be applied to both literature and psychotherapy. Th…
Moral Attitudes & Mental Disorders
When psychiatrists treat patients with mental disorders--when clinicians of any stripe have a "difficult patient"--they confront and must come to terms with the thought that the patient is morally responsible for his conduct. Taken to its extreme form, this attitude leads to a repudiation of the whole concept of mental illness. In a modest form, and held perpetually in tension with an objective, clinical stance toward mental disorders, it is an i…
Moral Attitudes & Mental Disorders
When psychiatrists treat patients with mental disorders--when clinicians of any stripe have a "difficult patient"--they confront and must come to terms with the thought that the patient is morally responsible for his conduct. Taken to its extreme form, this attitude leads to a repudiation of the whole concept of mental illness. In a modest form, and held perpetually in tension with an objective, clinical stance toward mental disorders, it is an i…
Reading, Listening, and Other Beleaguered Practices in General Psychiatry
Both literature and psychotherapy share-in addition to narrative structure and all that it entails-something less fortunate: an appeal that is often lost upon contemporary audiences and that is forever under pressure from general, medical, and psychiatric cultures that valorize standardization and efficiency. This paper considers a number of aesthetic, moral, and cultural justifications that may be applied to both literature and psychotherapy. Th…
Nathanael West's Miss Lonelyhearts and the Problem of Suffering
Suffering and Spirituality in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson
Evolution, Human Enhancement, and the Narrative Self
Evolution, Human Enhancement, and the Narrative Self Neil Scheurich (bio) But philosophy has no direct influence on the great mass of mankind; it is of interest to only a small number even of the top layer of intellectuals and is scarcely intelligible to anyone else. On the other hand, religion is an immense power which has the strongest emotions of human beings at its service. Sigmund Freud1 In casual conversation a while back, a psychiatrist co…
Psychology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Cross-cultural psychology (2 works) · History (2 works)