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Schreber and Hölderlin

the concept of "a-father"

Ver Ecke

pp. 473-482

Zvi Lothane's writings on Schreber present us with new facts, but they also challenge many older interpretations of Schreber's illness. In this paper I will use the new information provided about Schreber by Lothane in order to address one theoretical point about psychosis: the breakdown. The framework to interpret the psychotic breakdown will be Lacanian. I interpret Lothane's research as reintroducing the Lacanian theory of psychosis on a more sophisticated level.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1624-6_29

Full citation:

Ver Eecke, W. (1995)., Schreber and Hölderlin: the concept of "a-father", in B. Babich (ed.), From phenomenology to thought, errancy, and desire, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 473-482.

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