Healing Arts: The History of Art Therapy

by Hogan, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781853027994
• ISBN10: 1853027995
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

(Jessica Kingsley Publishers) Univ. of Derby, UK. An authoritative history of art therapy, dating back to the 18th century. Covers a broad range of topics, including how public attitudes toward mental illness have changed and the philosophy of art therapy. Psychoanalytic symbolism, Jungian psychology and the school of psychopathology are examined in-depth. British-oriented. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(4)
Mary Douglas
Foreword	13	(4)
David Lomas
Author's Note	17	(1)
Acknowledgements	18	(3)
The Intellectual Precursors of Art Therapy in Britain	21	(11)
Taming the Passions: Moral Contagion, the Curative and Transformative Power of the Arts in Moral Treatment	32	(20)
Mad, Bad and Degenerate: Art Therapy, Degeneration, Psychoanalysis and the `Psychopathological School'	52	(42)
Casting off the Shackles of the Intellect: Is Modern Art Mad Art?	94	(17)
In the Tradition of Moral Treatment	111	(21)
Beyond X-Rays: Adrian Hill and the Development of Art Therapy within Sanatoria	132	(28)
Pioneers of Art Therapy: Research at Maudsley and Netherne Hospitals	160	(26)
Pioneers of Art Therapy: The Development of Art Therapy within Psychiatry and Related Settings (c. 1935-1965)	186	(34)
Withymead: Britain's First Therapeutic Community Dedicated to Art Therapy	220	(70)
Branch Street and Other Projects	290	(12)
The Historical Roots Revisited: A Conclusion	302	(14)
References	316	(13)
Subject Index	329	(5)
Author Index	334