Dialogues in Philosophy
Mental and Neuro Sciences
Dialogues in Philosophy, Mental and Neuro Sciences
The official journal of Crossing Dialogues
Volume 10, Issue 1 (June 2017)
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Madman and Philosopher: Ideas of Embodiment between Aby Warburg and Ernst Cassirer
Norbert Andersch
Introduction
15.11.1921: Severe delusional ideas during lunchtime: cabage is the brain of his brother, potatoes are the heads of his children, meat is the human flesh of his relatives, milk is not from the cow, eating a sandwich is eating his own son [.]
19.11.1921: Three children have been slaughtered and have been eaten by patients. Three dead kids are lying in the nurse’s bed [.]
09.04.1922: Patient very aggressive, boxing, hitting out and injuring nurse and doctor. Feels his nurse, coming back from leave has killed all his relatives on the order of Dr. Binswanger.
Keywords:
embodiement, psychopathology, Binswanger, Cassirer, Warburg
Dial Phil Ment Neuro Sci 2017; 10(1): 14-22
Received on May 20, 2017
Accepted on June 15, 2017
Firstly published online on July 11, 2017