Abstract Whereas classical Critical Theory has tended to view phenomenology as inherently uncritical, the recent upsurge of what become known critical attempted show that phenomenological concepts and methods can be used in analyses social political issues. A landmark publication, 50 Concepts for Phenomenology , contains no reference psychiatry psychopathology, however. This is an unfortunate o...

Modern molecular psychiatry benefits immensely from the scientific and technological advances of general neuroscience (including genetics, epigenetics, and proteomics). This "progress" of molecular psychiatry, however, will be to a degree "unbalanced" and "epiphytic" should the development of the corresponding theoretical frameworks and conceptualization tools that allow contextualization of th...

The article substantiates some methods and perspectives of cultural thanatology as an integrative part history within the anthropological field. While general is usually concerned with individual events, (pre-)history uncovers common beliefs everyday culture. Culture here both a materialized form mass consciousness embodiment dynamic complex creative information exchange between individuals sur...

Existentialism is not a doctrine but a label widely used to lump together several philosophers and writers who are more or less opposed to doctrines while considering a few extreme experiences the best starting point for philosophic thinking. Spearheading the movement, Kierkegaard derided Hegel's system and wrote books on Fear and Trembling (1843), The Concept of Anxiety (1844), and The Sicknes...