The Paradoxes of Delusion: Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the Schizophrenic Mind

by Louis A. Sass

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801498996
• ISBN13: 9780801498992
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher