Ananke in Greek means necessity both in the sense of poverty and lack and of inescapable destiny or rational or moral exigency. Her personification gave the goddess Ananke or Anankaia, goddess of destiny that no man or god can avoid, mother of the Moiras, according to Pythius, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
Ananke in Greek means necessity both in the sense of poverty and lack and of inescapable destiny or rational or moral exigency. Her personification gave the goddess Ananke or Anankaia, goddess of destiny that no man or god can avoid, mother of the Moiras, according to Pythius, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
It is a term used in Psychology and Psychiatry. It refers to Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCD). Tendency to excessive order and perfectionism. The term is of Greek origin and comes from Ananké, the deity of Greek mythology who represented necessity, the inevitable and the inexcusable, doom. Those who suffer from it tend to get frustrated very easily.
Psychiatric term not widely used. Scholars of psychism prefer to talk about personality or anancastic disorder, obsessive compulsive personality disorder (TPOC) characterized by an obsessive preoccupation with order and perfectionism with high levels of self-demand projected also to others, rigidity in attitudes and behavior to cover up a great insecurity. Immanuel Kant had an ananchastic personality, always obsessed with schedules and all kinds of details regarding his health; he never wanted to change his daily routines; his punctuality was proverbial; on his evening walks he always breathed through his nose; his rigid sense of duty was also projected onto the categorical imperative of the Critique of Practical Reason.
