The Paradoxes of Delusion: Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the Schizophrenic Mind
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Louis A. Sass (Author)
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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. CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
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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.
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- Contributor: Louis A. Sass
- Imprint: Cornell University Press
- ISBN13: 9780801498992
- Number of Pages: 208
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x14mm
- Packaged Weight: 454
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Release Date: 1995-06-01
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: 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.
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