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The Dresden Quadrilogue: Where Labels Meet Lived Reality

The Dresden Quadrilogue: Where Labels Meet Lived Reality

Van Houte, Cor P. M.

Paperback

Series: Philosophical Dialogues, Book 38

Philosophy

ISBN13: 9798291333396
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 6 2025
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Is the very language of mental illness a cage of words?

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) shapes how we understand the human mind, but its categories are far from neutral. This groundbreaking dissertation, The Genealogy of Pathology, embarks on a critical, interdisciplinary journey to expose the hidden histories, power dynamics, and profound ethical implications embedded within psychiatric diagnosis.

Through a unique quadrilogue-featuring a philosopher (Logos), a psychologist (Psyche), a legal scholar (Dr. iur. Etouhnav), and a Dutch observer with an East German perspective (Hendrik)-this book dissects the DSM's epistemological and ethical defensibility. From medieval melancholy to modern diagnostic expansion, and through the incisive critiques of Foucault, Szasz, and Levinas, it reveals how labels can define, control, and even diminish human personhood.

The Genealogy of Pathology challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths: When does medical care become social control? How does the law navigate the fluid reality of suffering? And who truly defines 'normality' when individual liberty hangs in the balance?

Essential reading for scholars, clinicians, legal professionals, and anyone seeking a deeper, more critical understanding of mental health and its societal constructs.

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