Review of Paradoxes of Delusion

Paradoxes of Delusion by Louis A. Sass

I’m hoping to get into a more regular flow with writing this year, and I’m kicking off with a review of a great little book I’ve just read, Louis A. Sass’s The Paradoxes of Delusion, which unveils perspectives on schizophrenia that radically challenge the usual idea of it as an illness that unseats reason. Rather, he argues, it represents reason unfettered by vital bodily engagement in the world. Fascinating stuff…