Sunday, September 25, 2011
The Origins of Obsession
In this Chapter Davis focuses on all the things that needed to happened and needed to be established for obsession to become the term we know today. I think this Chapter overall was a way of Davis explaining his concept of obsession as a disease entity rather than a disease, He begins with the difference between obsessions and possessions and how over time the focus changes and new ideas and factors are introduced and revised but in the end still add up to what today we consider obsessions.
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I agree. Davis focused on all these different aspects of obsession in history in order for us to make sense of how we use the term today. I think this chapter did a great job at explaining his concept of obsession as a disease entity rather than a disease as we explained in class. As you said, "the focus changes and new ideas and factors are introduced and revised, but in the end still add up to what we consider as an obsession today." Great post!
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