Disputatio. Philosophical Research Bulletin
Published March 31, 2023 | Version v1
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Laing's reading of Jung in Madness and Wisdom: Toward an Existential Psychiatry

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The aim of my contribution is to focus on some decisive aspects of the so-called “existential psychiatry” of Ronald D. Laing (1927-1989). I will begin my paper by pointing out how Jungian theory played, in a broad sense, a particularly important role in the formation and development of Laing’s thought. In order to achieve this, I will refer in particular to Chapter 4 of Intervista sul folle e il saggio —an interview with Laing by Vincenzo Caretti, originally published in Italian in 1979 by Laterza— whose English version (Dialogues on Madness and Wisdom: In Conversation with R.D. Laing) was first published in early 2022 in a series edited by the Society for Existential Analysis (SEA). Subsequently, I will consider some distinctive elements of Laingian research.

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