Language and Visuality of the Mentally Ill

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aps.1477/full" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aps.1477/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aps.1477" target="_blank" >10.1002/aps.1477</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Language and Visuality of the Mentally Ill

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In the present paper we argue that Sigmund Freud 's analysis of mental disorders is based almost exclusively on language and thus it omits other semiotic modalities, prominently visuality. Freud's psychoanalytical theory originates in the discovery that the speech of mentally ill patients is a basis for their treatment. A psychoanalyst is an interpreter who "translates" patient's speech into expression of original, suppressed thoughts. However, this analytical process was never applicable on psychotic patients, since their speech and thought processes are often distorted. This insistence on language can be limiting. Patients can produce "material" for interpretation not only in a form of language, but for instance in a form of visuality. In this respect, art brut, the visual art of the mentally ill, can be analyzed. But in order to do so, we have to reconsider Freud's original concept of translation of one level of signs (neurotic symptoms) into another (basis of the neurosis). An analysis of visual art of the mentally ill can rather focus on the relations between specific signs of the painting in order to understand how psychosis works. The paper provides general remarks and examples of such an analysis.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Language and Visuality of the Mentally Ill

Popis výsledku anglicky

In the present paper we argue that Sigmund Freud 's analysis of mental disorders is based almost exclusively on language and thus it omits other semiotic modalities, prominently visuality. Freud's psychoanalytical theory originates in the discovery that the speech of mentally ill patients is a basis for their treatment. A psychoanalyst is an interpreter who "translates" patient's speech into expression of original, suppressed thoughts. However, this analytical process was never applicable on psychotic patients, since their speech and thought processes are often distorted. This insistence on language can be limiting. Patients can produce "material" for interpretation not only in a form of language, but for instance in a form of visuality. In this respect, art brut, the visual art of the mentally ill, can be analyzed. But in order to do so, we have to reconsider Freud's original concept of translation of one level of signs (neurotic symptoms) into another (basis of the neurosis). An analysis of visual art of the mentally ill can rather focus on the relations between specific signs of the painting in order to understand how psychosis works. The paper provides general remarks and examples of such an analysis.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AN - Psychologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies

ISSN

1742-3341

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

323-337

Kód UT WoS článku

000389325800003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84958012782