Above the Ground and Beneath the Clouds: Schizophrenia in Lacanian Psychoanalysis
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072JCPNXR |
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| Number of Pages | : | 446 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Elaborating with welcome clarity Lacan’s theories of knotting, the sinthome and lalangue, Grammatopoulos provides an invaluable account of the clinical relevance of the later Lacan and of the importance of the schizophrenic’s own invention in any attempt of recovery." (Anne Worthington, Centre for Psychoanalysis, Middlesex University, and Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research)"Yannis Grammatopoulos’s book manages to achieve three things, in one expertly executed stroke: to trace the development of the clinical category schizophrenia within psychiatry and psychoanalysis; to introduce to the English reader, as a salient case example, the life and work of the Greek writer Georgio Vizyeno
Grammatopoulos has worked as a clinician with a variety of vulnerable populations, from mental health patients to detained illegal immigrants. He currently teaches psychology in higher education and is a member of the Hellenic Society of the New Lacanian School. Dr. He was born in Greece and completed his psychoan
Above the Ground and Beneath the Clouds examines the history, conceptualisation, and treatment of the psychotic sub-type of schizophrenia, as this is advocated by psychoanalysis of Lacanian orientation, which is contrasted to modern psychiatry. The third part discusses the implications of those findings for the contemporary psychoanalytic diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia.Assisted by examples from the author's clinical experience and from literature and art, this book sheds invaluable light on probably the most obscure sub-type of psychosis. The first part comprises the theoretical investigation of schizophrenia in early 20th century psychiatry and in the theory and teaching of Freud, Lacan, and other influential psychoanalysts. The book's mai