The Paradoxes of Delusion by Louis A Sass
Insanityin clinical practice as in the popular imaginationis 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...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 *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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| ISBN 13 | 9780801498992 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801498996 |
| Title | The Paradoxes of Delusion |
| Author | Louis A Sass |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| Year published | 1995-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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