Books by R. D. Laing
“It really changed how I thought, because Laing’s project is to make the un-understandable understandable, to show how states of madness can arise from thoughts, feelings and processes that we can all identify with in some way. That’s not to trivialise states of madness, but to pull them back within the fold and say that this is a part of human experience and understandable. It’s very much influenced by the existential philosophy of the time, thinking about how the self changes in relation to the world.” Read more...
The best books on Hallucination
Ben Alderson-Day, Psychologist
Interviews where books by R. D. Laing were recommended
The best books on Hallucination, recommended by Ben Alderson-Day
Hallucinations can be strange, alarming, even sometimes exciting. They affect the mentally ill and the chemically altered, but also those suffering from migraine, Parkinson’s, and even grief. Researcher Ben Alderson-Day talks us through this odd phenomenon as he selects five of the best book on hallucination.
The best books on Continental Philosophy, recommended by Simon Critchley
What is the nature of human existence in the world? What should philosophy be concerned with as a discipline? Philosopher Simon Critchley introduces us to the landscape of continental philosophy.
