title: [The work by Prince Korab. Analysis of the writings of a paranoiac].
abstract: This note concerns the analysis of a work written in the early years of the century by a discredited Polish nobleman. The book, pseudo-encyclopaedic in character and didactic in tone is cast presumably in the mould of the "Guide to the Perplexed". Among other traits it reflects a paranoiac personality. In the course of his observations the author of the article raises the question of pathography in general. After a historical and epistemological survey of the working methods employed in this field, he suggests a new critical attitude which claims to be "multi-disciplinary". Taking its stand on several different points of view - philosophical, literary, linguistic, psychodynamic. The analysis of the book by Prince Korab serves to illustrate this "non-reductive" form of approach.
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008297:Male; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D011044:Poland; D012564:Schizophrenic Language
vernacular_title: Le livre du Prince Korab. Analyse des écrits d'un paranoïaque.