{"product_id":"9783031997341","title":"Paranoid Knowledge Psychoanalysis and the Interpretation of Mad Writing","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Palgrave Lacan Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eParanoid Knowledge\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePsychoanalysis and the Interpretation of Mad Writing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlan Bristow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychology \/ Movements \/ Psychoanalysis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis book inserts \u003c\/span\u003eLacanian theory into contemporary debates within the emerging interdisciplinary field of ‘Mad Studies’ via an analysis of psychotic writing. The author questions what psychoanalysis can offer a progressive, emancipatory means for engaging madness. Taking the \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of Daniel Paul Schreber\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eExegesis of Philip K. Dick\u003c\/em\u003e as the primary sites of investigation, the book examines how the written representations of paranoid psychosis have historically been exploited to further clinical insights and forms of social critique. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eParanoid Knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how Lacan’s theorisations of the sinthome, the universal condition of psychosis and the overdetermined nature of any interpretation provide theoretical alliance to Mad Studies and critical mental health endeavours.  By focusing on the taut interrelation between knowledge production, diagnostic structure and technological development, Bristow demonstrates how an individual’s madness can harness, reformulate or channel broader socio-cultural themes. As such, the author contends that psychosis can be shown to have value beyond mere pathology and may offer us a privileged position to grasp psychosocial processes. This book will offer fresh insights for students and scholars of psychoanalysis, critical psychiatry, literary theory, philosophy, and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eAlan Bristow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a psychiatric social worker in London, UK whose interests include the application of critical frameworks to the field of statutory mental health intervention. He is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Critical AMHP blog. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031997341\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e181\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44372915060876,"sku":"9783031997341","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031997341.jpg?v=1780598363","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031997341","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}