The Paradoxes Of Delusion by Louis A. Sass
Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the Schizophrenic Mind
Combining clinical case material, phenomenological analysis, and philosophical reflection, this book examines the strange coherence of schizophrenic delusions and the ways they both violate and illuminate ordinary modes of thinking and self-experience. It argues that delusions are not simply random errors but often display a distinctive, paradoxical logic—marked by hyper-reflexivity, diminished automatic self-presence, and intensified symbolic or metaphorical meaning—that can reveal deep structural features of consciousness and language. Through careful attention to patient narratives and theoretical sources, the work shows how delusional worlds expose tensions between certainty and doubt, autonomy and alienation, and how studying these paradoxes can enrich our understanding of normal mental life, psychiatric diagnosis, and philosophical questions about the self and reality.
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- 1994
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- American
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- English
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