Karl Jaspers - Allgemeine Psychopathologie - 1920

Karl Jaspers

General Psychopathology
For students, physicians, and psychologists

Berlin Springer
1920 (second, revised edition)

23.5 x 16.5 cm, original half-cloth, gold-lettered title on spine and cover, XIV, 416 pages, very good copy

Rare second edition. In the preface, Jaspers writes that because of the clearer formulation and the addition of many parts, the changes compared with the first edition are so substantial that he can regard only this second edition as the “expression of his views.” - Jaspers had habilitated with the “General Psychopathology” at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg for psychology (and philosophy). In 1920 he assumed the chair of philosophy, which he held until 1937. “General Psychopathology, like no other book, forms a corner and landmark in psychopathological research. It sets standards that still seem unsurpassed to this day” (PAULEICKHOFF IV, 13ff.).