Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy / Lacan, Language, and Madness as Possibility with Stijn Vanheule

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Stijn Vanheule on the nature of psychosis, language, and madness through the lens of Lacanian theory.

Stijn Vanheule is a Belgian clinical psychologist and professor at Ghent University.Book link: https://otherpress.com/product/why-psychosis-is-not-so-crazy-9781635424423/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSupport Hermitix:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitixDonations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

People in this episode

Host: Hermitix

Guest: Stijn Vanheule

Topics covered

• psychosis
• Lacan
• language
• madness
• clinical psychology
• mental health

Keywords

• psychosis
• Lacan
• madness
• clinical psychology
• language
• mental health
• Stijn Vanheule

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ghent University

Products: Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy

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