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La persuasione non appartiene al discorso. Appartiene al pensiero. Non è una tecnica, né uno strumento. È la forma in cui il linguaggio si espone alla verità, e insieme la espone al rischio.
A partire da Protagora e Gorgia, questo libro interroga la persuasione nella sua dimensione originaria: non come arte del convincere, ma come condizione in cui il reale si articola e prende senso. Ciò che persuade non si aggiunge al vero. Ne determina la possibilità.
Ready English version released by Universal Publishers, Inc. / BrownWalker Press / Dissertation.com, Irvine, California & Boca Raton, Florida
Woman gives birth to us (birth), nurses us (growth), is our bedfellow (reproduction), and welcomes us back into her womb on our final journey (death). The cycle of life (and death) can only be feminine. Man, from that feminine root that descends from the woman's body, perceives that he is her son and brother together, son in birth and brother in his belonging, like the mother, to the human race. “And at this point, why not, one can speak of universal incest.” [...] We did not seek the other half, but rather with infinite amazement discovered an inseparable entity in the incomprehensible whole. Thus we were brothers in myth, before incest was sacrilegious.”
594 pages, 1137 notes, 486 bibliographies
Journey into Madness is a bold and unsettling exploration of one of humanity’s most elusive and misunderstood conditions. Moving across centuries—from ancient Greece to modern psychiatry—Riccardo Dri challenges the very foundations of how we define, diagnose, and treat madness.
Blending philosophy, history, and critical analysis, this work traces the shifting boundaries between reason and unreason, revealing how each era has constructed its own vision of the “abnormal.” From divine possession to scientific classification, from the witch trials to contemporary psychopharmacology, madness emerges not as a fixed reality, but as a mirror reflecting cultural, moral, and ideological assumptions.
Provocative and deeply thought-provoking, Journey into Madness questions whether psychiatry is truly a science—or an evolving belief system shaped by power, language, and historical context. In doing so, it invites readers to reconsider the meaning of sanity, the limits of reason, and the fragile line that separates them.
This is not just a study of madness—it is a journey into the heart of human understanding itself.