Citation

Sommer R. J. Hist. Behav. Sci. 2007; 43(3): 305-313.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jhbs.20241

PMID

17623868

Abstract

Both of Thorstein Veblen's wives and another woman he loved had nervous breakdowns, while a fourth woman to whom he was emotionally very close committed suicide. Yet when Veblen published an article entitled "Dementia praecox," he did not mention his personal contact with serious mental disorder. This detachment is consistent with Veblen's approach to writing. Veblen considered himself to be a detached observer who wrote objectively about society rather than subjectively about himself.

Language: en

Keywords

Capitalism; Female; History, 20th Century; Humans; Marriage; Mental Disorders; Politics; Psychology, Social; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia, Paranoid; Spouses; United States