Written in a very matter-of-fact tone meant for a broad audience, this book neglects on purpose to follow a strictly medical point of view in favour of a broader vision including popular culture to better demonstrate that there’s nothing more widespread than madness, and that we are all, in a way or another, crazy. The word “madness” is a scary one, which is better confined to mental institutions. However, madness is a very common condition, a part of everyday life that nobody can escape from. What does parental authoritarism reveal ? What about a child’s anorexia, or a teenager’s hypochondria ? With a wicked sense of humour, this book tracks down all the unnoticed signs of madness that are rife to be found within and all around each of us, and helps readers decipher them. Formerly a psychiatrist, the head of major mental institutions and a professor of philosophy, Pierre Marie is now a prominent analyst, and the author of various books aiming to vulgarize psychiatry and analysis.

法国17世纪著名思想家帕斯卡说：“我们每个人都是疯狂的，不疯只是疯狂的另一种表现。”疯狂作为一种存在的常态，在本书中通过文学著作和电影作品为基本案例分析，得到深入浅出的揭示。

在这本书里，作者告诉我们：我们每个人都是疯子。疯狂是人类社会传播最广的一种疾病。撇开一些极端的例子不谈，疯狂与每个人的生活休戚相关。也许每个读者都能从书中看到自己曾经有过的影子。

本书目录

告读者

引言

歇斯底里

无聊

请求狂

嫉妒

更……

孩子

威严

癔病型厌食

癔病型性爱

综述歇斯底里

强迫症

论强迫症与歇斯底里的区别

怀疑

自闭

罪恶

精神衰弱和疑病症

肛淫癖

强迫性性行为：压抑

综述强迫症

恐惧症

焦虑

宗教体系和形而上学体系

恐惧症，从"小汉斯"到现在

综述恐惧症

变态

个体变态

集体变态

被曲解的威严：权力

性虐待

所谓的性变态

恋童癖

综述变态

抑郁症、忧郁症、自杀

偏执狂和精神分裂症

欲望

结语：疯狂之外的探索

什么是精神疗法？

催眠术

认知-行为主义

文学作品参考书目

译后记：疯了疯了，不怕不怕！