The Paradoxes of Delusion : Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the Schizophrenic Mind
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0801422108
ISBN-13
9780801422102
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Imprint
Cornell University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 14th, 1993
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
442 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 16.00 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Western philosophy, from c 1900 -PsychiatryPsychiatryWestern philosophy from c 1800
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Insanity—in clinical practice as in the popular imagination—is seen as a state of believing things that are not true and perceiving things that do not exist. Most schizophrenics, however, do not act as if they mistake their delusions for reality. In a...
Insanity—in clinical practice as in the popular imagination—is seen as a state of believing things that are not true and perceiving things that do not exist. Most schizophrenics, however, do not act as if they mistake their delusions for reality. In a work of uncommon insight and empathy, Louis A. Sass shatters conventional thinking about insanity by juxtaposing the narratives of delusional schizophrenics with the philosophical writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
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