![]() ![]() "A monumental, exciting, and troubling book, a new landmark in the study of the modern era. An inspired documentation of the interrelationships of modernism, schizophrenia, and our current cultural life." * Richard Restak, M.D., Washington Post Book World * Laing's deservedly classic The Divided Self. ![]() provides the richest description of the schizophrenic's inner world since R.D. A landmark contribution to the understanding of psychosis." * Sidney J. arrives at some highly original and profoundly disquieting insights." * Brigitte Berger, New York Times Book Review * See Louis Sass, Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought (Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press. Displaying an impressive command of philosophical, literary and clinical literature on subjects of enormous complexity. Sass sets out in largely uncharted directions. A startling look at the strange connections between the most private workings of our minds and the most public." * Clifford Geertz, author of The Interpretation of Cultures * ![]() Review from previous edition "A marvelously against-the-grain book. ![]()
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