The Divided Self by R. D. Laing Summary
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Laing's revolutionary 1960 classic reframes madness as a rational response to an insane world. The inspiration behind "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," this 30-year-old psychiatrist's manifesto sparked the anti-psychiatry movement by asking: What if our "sanity" is actually our greatest lie?
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The Divided Self: A Journey Through Fractured Consciousness
When we meet another person, we can perceive them in two fundamentally different ways: as a fellow human being with hopes, fears, and dreams-or as merely a complex biological organism. This distinction lies at the heart of R.D. Laing's groundbreaking work. In 1960s psychiatric circles dominated by clinical detachment, Laing dared to suggest something revolutionary-that to understand mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, we must first understand the patient's subjective experience of their world. What if madness isn't simply a collection of symptoms but an intelligible response to unbearable circumstances? What if psychosis represents not a break from reality but a desperate attempt to preserve a threatened sense of self?
The Existential Foundations of Being Human
The Mind-Body Schism: Living Outside Oneself
The Inner Fortress: Retreat and Defense
The Paradoxical Prison of Self-Consciousness
When the Center Cannot Hold: The Descent into Psychosis
Finding the Path Back: The Possibility of Healing
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"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
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