Incandescent Alphabets - Psychosis and the Enigma of Language (Hardcover)


This book explores psychosis as knowledge cut off from history, truth that cannot be articulated in any other form. It gives a nuanced picture of delusion as a repair of language itself, following Freud and Lacan in historic and contemporary forms of psychotic art, writing and speech.

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This book explores psychosis as knowledge cut off from history, truth that cannot be articulated in any other form. It gives a nuanced picture of delusion as a repair of language itself, following Freud and Lacan in historic and contemporary forms of psychotic art, writing and speech.

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Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

July 2019

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Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

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Dimensions

229 x 152mm (L x W)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

224

ISBN-13

978-0-367-32503-9

Barcode

9780367325039

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LSN

0-367-32503-9



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