An edition of The Divided Self (1959)

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an existential study in sanity and madness

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R. D. Laing
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An edition of The Divided Self (1959)

The divided self

an existential study in sanity and madness

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 41 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

Uses case studies and existential philosophy to illustrate the nature of schizophrenia.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
218

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Subjects
Psychiatry, Cases, clinical reports, statistics, Case studies, Schizophrenia, Existential psychotherapy, Mental illness, Schizoid personality, Pathological Psychology, Existential psychology, Medical, Nonfiction, Psychology, Cas, Études de, Psychiatrie, Schizophrénie, Schizofrenie, Self, Self psychology, Psychiatry, case studies, Statistics

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The divided self: an existential study in sanity and madness
1981, Penguin Books
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The divided self
1969, Pantheon Books
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Cover of: The divided self
The divided self: an existential study in sanity and madness
1965, Penguin Books
in English
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Cover of: The divided self
The divided self: an existential study in sanity and madness
1965, Penguin Books
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Harmondsworth, Baltimore

Edition Notes

Also published in series: Studies in existential analysis and phenomenology.

Bibliography: p. [207]-210.

Classifications

Library of Congress
RC514, RC465 .L3 1965

The Physical Object

Pagination
218 p. ;
Number of pages
218

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18353340M
ISBN 10
0140207341
OCLC/WorldCat
5212085
Library Thing
56532
Goodreads
1457427

First Sentence

"The term schizoid refers to an individual the totality of whose experience is split in two main ways: in the first place, there is a rent in his relation with his world and, in the second, there is a disruption of his relation with himself."

Work Description

First published in 1960, this watershed work aimed to make madness comprehensible, and in doing so revolutionized the way we perceive mental illness. Using case studies of patients he had worked with, psychiatrist R. D. Laing argued that psychosis is not a medical condition but an outcome of the 'divided self', or the tension between the two personas within us: one our authentic, private identity, and the other the false, 'sane' self that we present to the world.

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