Madness As An Escape
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.65828/v4badf03Keywords:
Existential psychopathology, escape, madnessAbstract
It is proposed for consideration that madness is an escape. Based on the ideas of L. Binswanger’s existential analysis, psychopathology is seen as a specific way of life. The factors that induce and control ‘escape’ are analyzed. I consider the conditions of human life, which may cause a person ‘to escape into madness’ as a way out of intolerable circumstances.
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