Psychiatry in the labyrinth
Deconstructing deviancy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19430410 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel R White, Gert Hellerich |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-80 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Humanistic Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-3267 • E-ISSN: 1547-3333 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08873267.1993.9976907 |
| OpenAlex | W2038200446 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Deviancy is a key concept in psychiatry and other therapeutic disciplines, because it dramatizes the way in which they depend on the establishment of norms, in order to justify their theory and practice. The writings of Derrida as well as Goethe provide a different view: that “deviation” from a “norm” can be fundamentally important to the well-being of the norm. Thus deviancy can be viewed not as something to be “corrected” but rather as a creative possibility to be encouraged and shaped in productive ways. As a case of “deviancy” we have selected the writings of John Perceval, whose Narrative provides a critique of the men-tal-health establishment of his day, particularly the asylum, and offers an alternative to 19th-century views of “lunacy.” We see his “schizophrenic” commentary on his “psychosis” and its treatment as analogous to the deconstructive, “schizophrenic” discourse of postmodernity which is similarly critical of the reigning, modernist psychiatric order. © 1993, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved
Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Empathy and Medical Education · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2012 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |