Schreber's Memoirs: Myth or personal lamentation
Lucy Bregman's approach to Schreber'sMemoirs is scrutinized and found to be based on a number of fallacious and contradictory assumptions that call her interpretation of the book as personal religious myth into question. A social constructionist approach to mythology maintained by Berger a...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[1979]
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Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 1979, Band: 18, Heft: 4, Seiten: 313-326 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Social Constructionist
B General Relationship B Alternative Interpretation B Interpersonal Dynamic B Constructionist Approach |
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Zusammenfassung: | Lucy Bregman's approach to Schreber'sMemoirs is scrutinized and found to be based on a number of fallacious and contradictory assumptions that call her interpretation of the book as personal religious myth into question. A social constructionist approach to mythology maintained by Berger and Luckmann is advanced, suggesting that at best Schreber's work qualifies as a quasi-mythical attempt to explain the source of his personal sociopsychic suffering. The family and interpersonal dynamics of Schreber's quasi-myth are investigated. Similarities to other cases of psychotic quasi-myths are noted and a general relationship between oppressive socialization and psychotic communications is advanced, as well as a specific alternative interpretation of Schreber's work to that proposed by Bregman. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Bezug: | Kritik von "Religion and madness (1977)"
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Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF01533065 |