The Divided Self. An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness 0140135375, 9780140135374
Presenting case studies of schizophrenic patients, Laing aims to make madness and the process of going mad comprehensibl
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English Pages 221 Year 1965
Table of contents :
Cover (Front) ......Page 1
Cover (Rear) ......Page 2
About The Author ......Page 3
Title Page ......Page 5
Copyright ......Page 6
Dedication ......Page 7
Contents ......Page 9
Preface to the Original Edition ......Page 11
Preface to the Pelican Edition ......Page 13
Acknowledgements ......Page 15
Citation ......Page 16
Part One ......Page 17
1. The existential-phenomenological foundations for a science of persons......Page 19
2. The existential-phenomenological foundations for the understanding of psychosis ......Page 29
3. Ontological insecurity ......Page 41
Part Two ......Page 65
4. The embodied and unembodied self ......Page 67
5. The inner self in the schizoid condition ......Page 80
6. The false-self system ......Page 96
7. Self-conciousness......Page 108
8. The case of Peter ......Page 122
Part Three ......Page 137
9. Psychotic developments ......Page 139
10. The self and the false self in a schizophrenic ......Page 162
11. The ghost of the weed garden: a study of a chronic schizophrenic ......Page 180
References ......Page 209
Index ......Page 213
Cover (Front) ......Page 1
Cover (Rear) ......Page 2
About The Author ......Page 3
Title Page ......Page 5
Copyright ......Page 6
Dedication ......Page 7
Contents ......Page 9
Preface to the Original Edition ......Page 11
Preface to the Pelican Edition ......Page 13
Acknowledgements ......Page 15
Citation ......Page 16
Part One ......Page 17
1. The existential-phenomenological foundations for a science of persons......Page 19
2. The existential-phenomenological foundations for the understanding of psychosis ......Page 29
3. Ontological insecurity ......Page 41
Part Two ......Page 65
4. The embodied and unembodied self ......Page 67
5. The inner self in the schizoid condition ......Page 80
6. The false-self system ......Page 96
7. Self-conciousness......Page 108
8. The case of Peter ......Page 122
Part Three ......Page 137
9. Psychotic developments ......Page 139
10. The self and the false self in a schizophrenic ......Page 162
11. The ghost of the weed garden: a study of a chronic schizophrenic ......Page 180
References ......Page 209
Index ......Page 213
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