The Schreber Case

96 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2003 by Penguin Classics.

ISBN:
978-0-14-243742-1
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OCLC Number:
51652961

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3 stars (1 review)

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The one time I willingly chose to read into Freudian analysis, I got no Freudian analysis…

3 stars

If there was to be one self-documented case of complex psychosis to have perfect room for Freudian analysis it would be Schreber’s. Yet Freud does so surprisingly little but quote Schreber and make vague gestures to what he thinks to be the case (Schreber wanting to be a woman to restore world order means he’s gay? / he’d rather be demented than gay?)…

Subjects

  • Schreber, Daniel Paul, -- 1842-1911 -- Mental health
  • Paranoia -- Case studies