Delusions play a fundamental role in the history of psychology,
philosophy and culture, dividing not only the mad from the sane but
reason from unreason. Yet the very nature and extent of delusions
are poorly understood. What are delusions? How do they differ from
everyday errors or mistaken beliefs? Are they scientific
categories?
In this superb, panoramic investigation of delusion Jennifer
Radden explores these questions and more, unravelling a fascinating
story that ranges from Descartes's demon to famous first-hand
accounts of delusion, such as Daniel Schreber's Memoirs of My
Nervous Illness.
Radden places delusion in both a clinical and cultural context
and explores a fascinating range of themes: delusions as both
individually and collectively held, including the phenomenon of
folies ? deux; spiritual and religious delusions, in particular
what distinguishes normal religious belief from delusions with
religious themes; how we assess those suffering from delusion from
a moral standpoint; and how we are to interpret violent actions
when they are the result of delusional thinking. As well as more
common delusions, such as those of grandeur, she also discusses
some of the most interesting and perplexing forms of clinical
delusion, such as Cotard and Capgras.
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