About this title: 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. In the formative years of psychiatry Freud, Bleuler, and Jaspers all studied Daniel Paul Schreber's Memoirs of My Nervous Illness ...
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Description: Like new in fine jacket. 0801422108. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, [1994]. 1st Edition. [2]+xiv+[2]+177+[5]pp. Green cloth with painted white spine lettering and pale gray endpapers. Fine in dust jacket. 1 pound 2.0 ounces = 512 grams. 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches = 23.5 x 15.5 x 2cm. read more
Binding: orig. cloth
Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca
Date Published: (1994)
Description: Minor rubbing, VG. 23x15cm, xiv, 177 pp. Contents: Introduction; A Mind's Eye World; Enslaved Sovereign, Observed Spectator; A Vast Museum of Strangeness; Conclusion. read more
Description: Good. 0801498996 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780801498992ISBN:0801498996
Description: New. This book presents a novel, interesting, and altogether persuasive interpretation of the most important psychotic case of modern times. An excellent writer, Sass has fashioned what might have been a highly abstract analysis into an exciting story. ISBN10: 0801498996. read more
Description: New. 0801498996 Absolutely Brand New. No marks and in pristine condition. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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