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Parodoxes of Delusion: Wittgenstein, Schreiber and the Schizophrenic Mind

Parodoxes of Delusion: Wittgenstein, Schreiber and the Schizophrenic Mind

by LouisA.Sass (Author)

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    Paperback 1995

    $34.17
Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 01 Jun 1995
ISBN 10: 0801498996
ISBN 13: 9780801498992

Media Reviews

In this scholarly and well-written book, the author seeks to reinterpret Schreber by means of the following idiosyncratic syllogism: the doctrine of solipsism is central in Wittgenstein; solipsism is an explanation of schizophrenia; solipsism is an explaination of Schreber.

* Psychoanalytic Books *

Sass wants to do something in this book which it is generally believed cannot be done-to provide an 'essential' definition of schizophrenia. Sass wishes to do this because his definition of schizophrenia parallels many of the cultural manifestations of twentieth-century life. A clearly written, well-argued book which will have a lot of people talking about it.

-- Sander L. Gilman, Cornell University
Author Bio
Louis A. Sass is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University. He is the author of Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought.