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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1. VerfasserIn: Church, Nathan (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1979]
In: 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.
ISSN:1573-6571
Bezug:Kritik von "Religion and madness (1977)"
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF01533065