The Paradoxes of Delusion
Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the Schizophrenic Mind| By: | Louis A. Sass |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780801498992 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781501732560 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1995 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.