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Through a collection of published and unpublished articles, Ver Eecke traces the path of Lacanian thought. He discusses the importance of language for the development of human beings and examines the effectiveness of talk therapy through case studies with schizophrenic persons.
List of contents
Foreword by Bertram P. Karon, PhD, ABPP
Introduction
Part I: Psycho-Social and Linguistic Complexity of Human Beings as a Basis to Understand Schizophrenia and Psychosis
Chapter 1: Towards a Philosophy of Psychosis
Chapter 2: The Subjective Experience of the Person with Schizophrenia
Chapter 3: Philosophical Questions about the Theory of Psychosis in the Early Lacan
Chapter 4: Paternal Metaphor and Ordinary Psychosis
Chapter 5: Theoretical and Therapeutic Implications of the Later Lacan's Complex Theory of Psychosis
Chapter 6: A Post-Lacanian View on Schizophrenia
Part II: Hegel and Lacan on Mental Illness
Chapter 7: Hegel as Lacan's Source for Necessity in Psychoanalytic Theory
Chapter 8: Hegel and Lacan on Paranoia and the Question of How to Avoid the Dangers Inherent in Ideas of Social Reform
Part III: Psychosis and Schizophrenia are Illnesses Marked by a Defective Relationships to Language
Chapter 9: Phenomenology, Linguistic Intentionality, Affectivity and Villemoes' New Therapy for Schizophrenics
Chapter 10: Self-referencing in the Language of the Severely Mentally Ill
Part IV: Lacan's Concept of "Paternal Metaphor" Applied to Schreber and Hölderlin
Chapter 11: Reflections on the Concept of "Paternal Metaphor" at the Occasion of Lacan's and Schatzman's analyses of Schreber
Chapter 12: The Concept of "A-Father" or the Psychological Origin of Mental Breakdown in Schreber and Hölderlin
Part V: Lacanian Reflections on Successful Talk Therapies with Persons Afflicted with Schizophrenia or Psychosis.
Chapter 13: A Lacanian Interpretation of Karon's Psychoanalytic Treatment of Persons Afflicted with Schizophrenia
Chapter 14: On Villemoes' Lacanian Inspired Treatment Method of Persons Afflicted with Schizophrenia
Chapter 15: On Prouty's Successful Treatment Method for Persons Afflicted with Schizophrenia
Conclusion
About the author
Wilfried Ver Eecke, PhD. is a licensed professional counselor and a professor of Philosophy at George Washington University. Ver Eecke studied psychoanalysis in Paris under Jacques Lacan, Piera Aulagnier, Octave Mannoni, and André Green. He co-founded the Lacan Forum of Washington, and gives frequent talks nationally and internationally on psychoanalytic topics often connected with philosophical ideas. He is the author of numerous articles and books on psychoanalytic topics.
Summary
Through a collection of published and unpublished articles, Ver Eecke traces the path of Lacanian thought. He discusses the importance of language for the development of human beings and examines the effectiveness of talk therapy through case studies with schizophrenic persons.
