The work that the reader is holding examines this experience that we usually call madness, schizophrenia or psychosis, which is present in all societies and, as far as we know, in all ages, as the tendency of the mind to deviate from what a given society considers "normal" and acceptable, along with the propensity of the other members of that society to punish such deviations, is one of the central aspects of human nature.
Without underestimating the importance of the manifestations of the phenomenon, hallucinations, delusions and cognitive disorders, 'Jim Geekie and John Read addressed in this work the subjective experiences, a key issue and traditionally neglected by the studios, because they believe that individuals who experience madness are able to comment only on the experience and can offer an important contribution to our understanding of it.
The sense of madness...read more
