Anton Boisen: A Portrait |
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Authors: | Joseph M. Kramp |
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Affiliation: | (1) Drew University, CM 550, P.O. Box 802, Madison, NJ 07940, USA |
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Abstract: | This psychobiographical essay aims to shift Boisen scholarship from a focus on his disputed psychiatric diagnosis to a more inclusive investigation of the disparate aspects of his personality. I conclude that Boisen’s central personality trait was a brand of loquacity that lacked substance—specifically the substance of his deepest secrets. This caused a kind of chronic frustration in his relations with others and, I argue, led to his chronic, psychotic state of being. Additionally, I argue that Boisen’s psychosis and religious practice worked together to sustain his psychological regression. |
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