HEIDEGGER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA: THE STATE OF DEPRIVATION OF DASEIN IN THE ZOLLIKON SEMINARS

Abstract

The aim of this article is to understand schizophrenia through Martin Heidegger's phenomenological interpretation, examining his ideas presented in "Being and Time" and in the lectures that constitute the "Zollikon Seminars". Heidegger regarded schizophrenia not merely as a physiological anomaly, but as a state of deprivation of Dasein's openness to being-with the world, resulting in a poverty of contact. The article analyzes how this deprivation alters Dasein's capacity for presenting, i.e., for establishing meaningful relationships with space and time, influencing how the individual conceptually perceives and interacts with the world and themselves. Ultimately, the article argues that, for Heidegger, it is crucial to phenomenologically analyze psychopathologies, moving beyond physiological explanations and focusing on the lived experience and the structures of meaning that connect subject and object in everydayness.