Apocalyptic World: Daniel Paul Schreber
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https://doi.org/10.34624/fb.v0i16.25233Keywords:
Schreber, psychosis, God, father, end of the world, signifierAbstract
Scheber’s doctor, Prof Flechsig, believed that his patient was a sick and irrational man that should be abolished from his social rights. Schreber was involved in an apocalyptic atmosphere on which the world was coming to the end and he and God were supposed to give birth to a new generation, but he did not consider himself an insane man. Beyond his suffering, all he wanted was a kind of ‘remedy’ for his heal and if we take a closer look on Schreber’s writings (1903), we can note that during his sickness he was capable to demonstrate high knowledge in literature, religion, music and Greek, for example. He was also an extraordinary judge. The issue about psychosis was still unknown, psychotics were considered as people who have an absurd point of view and soon they were excluded from society and admitted to hospitals. However, a certain prudence could be detected in Schreber’s behavior, if we take as a key point his conviction that God and the Apocalypse wrere acceptable solutions for his problem. Schreber reorganized (and liberated) his repressed desires – homosexuality, narcissism, and megalomania – all of them caused by problems on the relationship with his father (problems on the establishment of The Main Signifier). Until we understand better that God and the end of the world may be important strategies for solving the high-level Schreber’s psychological problem, due to the super paternal and apocalyptic representation, we will not understand the higher issue of psychosis. Despite of being a problem that may not have an effective cure and despite psychotics live in a world different from ours, they are not people with less importance than ‘normal’ people are (or neurotic people are, as it is a preferable psychoanalytic nomenclature). Schreber’ case points a vital keys used by the judge in attempting to solve the problems of the establishment on the father’s signifier.
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