Meaning, Madness and Political Subjectivity

This book explores the relationship between subjective experience and the cultural, political and historical paradigms in which the individual is embedded. Offering a deep analysis of three compelling case studies of schizophrenia in Turkey, the book considers the ways in which private experience is shaped by collective structures, and offers insights into issues surrounding religion, national and ethnic identity and tensions, modernity and tradition, madness, gender and individuality.

Auteur

Sadeq Rahimi is Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology and Associate Faculty in Psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He received his training in Cultural Psychiatry from McGill University, and in Child and Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Montreal Children's Hospital and the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy.

Contenu

Introduction 1. Culture, Schizophrenia, and The Political Subject 2. Old Peoples, New Identities: The Story of Turkey 3. Vicissitudes of Political Subjectivity: The Story of Emel 4. Power, Faith, and The Politics of Identity: The Story of Senem 5. Love, Loss, and a Language for Madness: The Story of Ahmet 6. Conclusions