The Moonlight Doctor: Art and Science of Carl Gustav Carus (Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences)

This is the very first authoritative book on the role of Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) in the history of psychology. Carus was the initiator of the notions of development , unconscious , and archetype in psychology. The book emphasizes the interdisciplinary focus of Carus’ work as it was based on the literature and art of his time and is closely related with medicine and Naturphilosophie . The readership of the book will get access to the life course of a key figure of science of the 19 th century. Preface References Introduction: Carl Gustav Carus – A Wholistic Humanist Contents List of Figures Part I: Feeling into the World Chapter 1: The Calming Quietude of Nature and Its Disturbances Early Childhood Higher Education Political Zigzags of Sachsen During Napoleonic Wars The French Occupation: Observing the Others Career Change: Becoming the Head of a French Field Hospital Chapter 2: The Charms of Dresden Dresden as the Meeting Ground of Arts and Sciences Entering the Art Scene: Self-Presentation of Life Philosophy The Central Feeling: Fascination with Twilight Caspar David Friedrich: Mentor and Friend in Melancholic Nature Painting Johann Christian Dahl: The Painter of Dramas of Nature From Art to Science: Geognostic Unification Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817): Geological Divinity Cultural Activities in Dresden Children: The Drama of Ordinary Living Conclusion: Finding a Feeling of Home Chapter 3: Friends, Adorations, and Obligations Life Course Transitions in Interests Friendships and Devotions Johann Gottlob Regis (1791–1854) Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853) Ida von Lüttichau (1798–1856) Adoration of Goethe Conclusion: The Life of a Humanistic Naturforscher Chapter 4: Nostalgia for Novelty Searching for the Sea: Trip to the North Travel to Prague 1820 First Encounter with Italy: Genoa 1821 The Traveling Leibarzt The Second Italian Einfühlung: Art and Nature Reaching Rome The Charms of the South The Nature in Italy Innovation in Travel: The Arrival of Railway to Dresden Third Italian Journey: Florence 1841 The Royal Visit: England and Scotland in 1844 Scotland: On the Border of the Sea and the Rocks Return to Germany: Feeling into the Sea Conclusion: Travel as an Inward Exploration Part II: Living as Feeling Chapter 5: Sketching Nature and Naturphilosophie From Romantic Weltanschauung to the Naturphilosophie Nature Studies and Naturphilosophie The Birth of Biology as a Knowledge Domain The Society of German Naturalists and Medical Doctors Carus as a Narurphilosopher The Positive Loneliness of the Natural Scientist The Key Predecessor: Karl Friedrich Burdach The Study of Insects: Discovery of the Order in Hemolymph Circulation Eyes of Freshwater Mussels Carus and Alexander von Humboldt The Nature on the Skull: Carus’ Version of Cranioscopy Main Conclusion: Naturphilosophie as the Generalized Synthesis of Knowledge Chapter 6: Letters on Landscape Painting Conclusion: The Art that Presents Nature Beyond Its Reality Chapter 7: Erdleben: Living with Nature Divine Geology: The Traditions of Geognostic Painting Erdleben as a Personal Project: Life Philosophy of a Natural Scientist LEIBEND➔LEBEND➔LEBEN Conclusion: Erdleben and Lebenskunst Part III: The Science Through Art Chapter 8: Painting as Wissenschaft Returns to San Pietro: The Painter’s Image Contexts Three Wise Men at the Sunset Trying to Know Eternity: Feeling into Life Through Death Cemeteries as Meeting Places The Cemetery in Inning Painting Heterotopias Conclusion: Generalizations Beyond the Canvas What Kind of Wissenschaft Is Painting? Chapter 9: Poetry and Music: Translations for the Soul The Importance of Dante Carus Painting Dante The Royal Project: Translating Dante Prince Johann—Sasso di Dante The Long Process of Translation Music as the Link Between Science and Art The Special Place of Beethoven Conclusion: Translating for the Philosophy of Living Chapter 10: The Unconscious as a Product of the Nervous System Carus on the Unconscious The Archetype (Urtyp) Triggers for Archetypes Variability Beyond Types: Night Becomes a Day—And Life Goes on in Between Conclusion: The Positive Relevance of the Unconscious Chapter 11: Beginnings of Developmental Science Natural Philosophy of Metamorphosis Elaboration of Differentiation Theory of Development The Gestalt of the Human Head: A Geological Look Upon the Human Skull From Comparative Anatomy to Comparative Psychology: The Last Step Setting the Stage for Developmental Science Conclusion: Development as Gestalt Transformation Chapter 12: General Conclusion: Where Science Lives – Landscapes of the Soul Crossing the Emerging Borders Learning Through Carus Gestalt, Ganzheit, and the Missing Clouds Metamorphosis and Development Polarity of Concepts and the Inherent Ambivalence Within Systems The Focus on Symbolic Transformation of Meanings The Mystique of the Real Processes of Generalization: Through Metaphors to Overwhelming Understanding Allegory as the Highest (and Most Indeterminate) Organizer of the Psyche Bibliography Index