Abstract
The introductory chapter to Hysterical Methodologies in the Arts: Rising in Revolt already traces some of the central questionings of this volume: How are (current) artistic practices surrounding hysteria informed by historical concepts and ideas on hysteria, how do they utilize hysteria as a methodological approach within their artistic practices, and how do they, in turn, create new ways of thinking with and thinking through hysteria? Furthermore, can an artistic engagement with hysteria be uncovered that moves next to, alongside, and, at times, separately from the often-covered entanglement of the arts with European medical studies on hysteria around 1900?
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This essay stems out of the Erwin Schrödinger research project “The Hysteric as Conceptual Operator”: [ J 4164 -G24], funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF); conducted at the University, of California, Los Angeles, Stanford University and the University of Vienna (2018–2020).
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Braun, J. (2021). Introduction: Searching for Methods in this Madness. In: Braun, J. (eds) Hysterical Methodologies in the Arts. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66360-5_1
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