Continental Philosophy of Psychiatry: The Lure of Madness

by Alastair Morgan

Book Overview

This book explores how the continental philosophical tradition in the 20th century attempted to understand madness as madness. It traces the paradoxical endeavour of reason attempting to understand madness without dissolving the inherent strangeness and otherness of madness. It provides a comprehensive overview of the contributions of phenomenology, critical theory, psychoanalysis, post-structuralism and anti-psychiatry to continental philosophy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031093364
• ISBN13: 9783031093364
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"