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The Paradoxes of Delusion : Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the Schizophrenic Mind / Louis A. Sass.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: 1995Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781501732560
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.89/001 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Mind's Eye World -- 2. Enslaved Sovereign, Observed Spectator -- 3. A Vast Museum of Strangeness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501732560

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Mind's Eye World -- 2. Enslaved Sovereign, Observed Spectator -- 3. A Vast Museum of Strangeness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

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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 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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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