Surrealism, Anthropology and Mental Health
In which an early 20th Century art movement provides refuge for the anthropologist in peril.
A Friend of Order – Rene Magritte (1964) A few weeks ago, I found myself unable to determine with any real certainty the existence of either myself or the outside world. More specifically, I felt that I could not trust my memories. I have learned latterly that this is called “depersonalisation” or “derealisation”, and it formed the anxious nadir of my generally-poor recent mental health. For an…
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