Laing’s reading of Jung in Madness and Wisdom: Toward an Existential Psychiatry

Danilo Serra

doi:10.5281/zenodo.8140840

Danilo Serra International Association of Palliative Marketing

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8140840

Palabras clave: Psicosis, Fenomenología, Psiquiatría existencial

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Mi aportación pretende centrarse en algunos aspectos decisivos de la llamada “psiquiatría existencial” de Ronald D. Laing (1927-1989). En primer lugar, destacaré cómo la teoría junguiana, en sentido amplio, desempeñó un papel especialmente importante en la formación y el desarrollo del pensamiento de Laing. Para ello, me referiré en particular al capítulo 4 de Intervista sul folle e il saggio —una entrevista con Laing realizada por Vincenzo Caretti, publicada originalmente en italiano en 1979 por Laterza— cuya versión en inglés (Dialogues on Madness and Wisdom: In Conversation with R.D. Laing) se publicó por primera vez a principios de 2022 en una serie editada por la Society for Existential Analysis (SEA). En un segundo paso, consideraré directamente algunos elementos distintivos de la investigación de Laing.

Biografía del autor/a

Danilo Serra, International Association of Palliative Marketing

Danilo Serra is co–founder and vice–president of the International Association of Palliative Marketing based in Lugano, Switzerland. PhD in Transcultural studies in humanities from the Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy. He carries out research in the areas of Heideggerian philosophy, poetic phenomenology and existential psychotherapy. He is a member of the American Daseinsanalytic Institute (ADI), where he develops activities and research related to the so–called Daseinsanalysis. At the same time, he carries out academic activities at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Enna Kore as “Subject Expert” for the chairs of History of Architecture and Architectural and Urban Composition.

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La lectura de Laing de la teoría junguiana en Madness and Wisdom: Hacia una psiquiatría existencial

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