Written in a very matter-of-fact tone meant for a broad audience, this book neglects on purpose to follow a strictly medical point of view in favour of a broader vision including popular culture to better demonstrate that there’s nothing more widespread than madness, and that we are all, in a way or another, crazy. The word “madness” is a scary one, which is better confined to mental institutions. However, madness is a very common condition, a part of everyday life that nobody can escape from. What does parental authoritarism reveal ? What about a child’s anorexia, or a teenager’s hypochondria ? With a wicked sense of humour, this book tracks down all the unnoticed signs of madness that are rife to be found within and all around each of us, and helps readers decipher them. Formerly a psychiatrist, the head of major mental institutions and a professor of philosophy, Pierre Marie is now a prominent analyst, and the author of various books aiming to vulgarize psychiatry and analysis.

法國17世紀著名思想傢帕斯卡說：“我們每個人都是瘋狂的，不瘋隻是瘋狂的另一種錶現。”瘋狂作為一種存在的常態，在本書中通過文學著作和電影作品為基本案例分析，得到深入淺齣的揭示。

在這本書裏，作者告訴我們：我們每個人都是瘋子。瘋狂是人類社會傳播最廣的一種疾病。撇開一些極端的例子不談，瘋狂與每個人的生活休戚相關。也許每個讀者都能從書中看到自己曾經有過的影子。

本書目錄

告讀者

引言

歇斯底裏

無聊

請求狂

嫉妒

更……

孩子

威嚴

癔病型厭食

癔病型性愛

綜述歇斯底裏

強迫癥

論強迫癥與歇斯底裏的區彆

懷疑

自閉

罪惡

精神衰弱和疑病癥

肛淫癖

強迫性性行為：壓抑

綜述強迫癥

恐懼癥

焦慮

宗教體係和形而上學體係

恐懼癥，從"小漢斯"到現在

綜述恐懼癥

變態

個體變態

集體變態

被麯解的威嚴：權力

性虐待

所謂的性變態

戀童癖

綜述變態

抑鬱癥、憂鬱癥、自殺

偏執狂和精神分裂癥

欲望

結語：瘋狂之外的探索

什麼是精神療法？

催眠術

認知-行為主義

文學作品參考書目

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