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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[[Greek]] apatheia, from apathēs without [[feeling]], from a- + pathos [[emotion]] — more at pathos

[[Greek]] apatheia, from apathēs without [[feeling]], from a- + pathos [[emotion]] — more at pathos

*Date: 1594 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 16th Century])

*Date: 1594 ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 16th Century])

The word "apathy" derives from the [[Greek]] ἀπάθεια (apatheia).[2] Also [[meaning]] "[[absence]] of [[passion]]", "apathy" or "insensibility" in Greek, the term apatheia was used by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoics Stoics] to signify a (desirable) state of indifference towards events and things which lie outside one's control (that is, according to their [[philosophy]], all [[things]] exterior, one being only responsible of his representations and [[judgments]]). Another way of characterizing the way that the Stoics saw apathy is as "the [[death|extinction]] of the passions ([[negative]] feelings) by the [[Ascent|ascendency]] of [[reason]]".[3]

The word "apathy" derives from the [[Greek]] ἀπάθεια (apatheia).[2] Also [[meaning]] "[[absence]] of [[passion]]", "apathy" or "insensibility" in Greek, the term apatheia was used by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoics Stoics] to signify a (desirable) state of indifference towards events and things which lie outside one's control (that is, according to their [[philosophy]], all [[things]] exterior, one being only responsible of his representations and [[judgments]]). Another way of characterizing the way that the Stoics saw apathy is as "the [[death|extinction]] of the passions ([[negative]] feelings) by the [[Ascent|ascendency]] of [[reason]]".[3]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness

*1 : lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness

The modern concept of apathy became more well-known after [[World War I]], when it was called "shell shock". Soldiers who lived in the trenches amidst the bombing and machine gun fire, and who saw the battlefields strewn with dead and maimed comrades developed a sense of disconnected numbness and indifference to [[normal]] social interaction.

The modern concept of apathy became more well-known after [[World War I]], when it was called "shell shock". Soldiers who lived in the trenches amidst the bombing and machine gun fire, and who saw the battlefields strewn with dead and maimed comrades developed a sense of disconnected numbness and indifference to [[normal]] social interaction.

In 1950, US novelist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_dos_passos John Dos Passos] wrote that "Apathy is one of the characteristic [[responses]] of any living [[organism]] when it is subjected to stimuli too [[intense]] or too complicated to cope with. The cure for apathy is [[comprehension]]." US educational philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maynard_Hutchins Robert Maynard Hutchins] summarized the concerns about [[political]] indifference when he claimed that the "[[death]] of [[democracy]] is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

In 1950, US novelist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_dos_passos John Dos Passos] wrote that "Apathy is one of the characteristic [[responses]] of any living [[organism]] when it is subjected to stimuli too [[intense]] or too complicated to cope with. The cure for apathy is [[comprehension]]." US educational philosopher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maynard_Hutchins Robert Maynard Hutchins] summarized the concerns about [[political]] indifference when he claimed that the "[[death]] of [[democracy]] is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

==Relationship with depression==

==Relationship with depression==

John McManamy [[argues]] that although psychiatrists do not explicitly deal with the condition of apathy, it is a [[psychological]] [[problem]] for some depressed people, in which they get a sense that "nothing matters", the "lack of [[will]] to go on and the inability to care about the consequences".[4] He describes [[depressed]] people who "...cannot seem to make [themselves] do anything", who "can't complete anything", and who do not "feel any excitement about seeing loved ones".[4] He acknowledges that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] does not discuss apathy. In a Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences article from 1991, Dr Robert Marin MD claimed that apathy occurs due to brain damage or neuropsychiatric illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson's, or Huntington’s, or else an event such as a stroke. Marin argues that apathy should be regarded as a syndrome or illness.[4] A review article by Robert van Reekum MD et al. from the University of Toronto in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry (2005) claimed that "depression and apathy were a package deal" in some [[populations]] which may help illustrate what people mean when they say that "The opposite of [[love]] is not hate, it is apathy."

John McManamy [[argues]] that although psychiatrists do not explicitly deal with the condition of apathy, it is a [[psychological]] [[problem]] for some depressed people, in which they get a sense that "nothing matters", the "lack of [[will]] to go on and the inability to care about the consequences".[4] He describes [[depressed]] people who "...cannot seem to make [themselves] do anything", who "can't complete anything", and who do not "feel any excitement about seeing loved ones".[4] He acknowledges that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] does not discuss apathy. In a Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences article from 1991, Dr Robert Marin MD claimed that apathy occurs due to brain damage or neuropsychiatric illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson's, or Huntington’s, or else an event such as a stroke. Marin argues that apathy should be regarded as a syndrome or illness.[4] A review article by Robert van Reekum MD et al. from the University of Toronto in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry (2005) claimed that "depression and apathy were a package deal" in some [[populations]] which may help illustrate what people mean when they say that "The opposite of [[love]] is not hate, it is apathy."

==References==

==References==

# This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]

# This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]

# Apatheia, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, at Perseus.

# Apatheia, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, at Perseus.

# William Fleming (1857). The vocabulary of philosophy, mental, moral, and metaphysical. p.&34. Reprinted by Kessinger Publishing as paperback (2006; ISBN 978-1428633247) and in hardcover (2007; ISBN 978-0548123713).

# William Fleming (1857). The vocabulary of philosophy, mental, moral, and metaphysical. p.&34. Reprinted by Kessinger Publishing as paperback (2006; ISBN 978-1428633247) and in hardcover (2007; ISBN 978-0548123713).

# http://www.mcmanweb.com/apathy.html Apathy Matters - Apathy and Depression: Psychiatry may not care about apathy, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't. by John McManamy

# https://www.mcmanweb.com/apathy.html Apathy Matters - Apathy and Depression: Psychiatry may not care about apathy, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't. by John McManamy

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.rem1.org/local_voices/summer2000/education/apathy.htm/ The Roots of Apathy - Essay By David O. Solmitz]

* [https://www.rem1.org/local_voices/summer2000/education/apathy.htm/ The Roots of Apathy - Essay By David O. Solmitz]

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]