Apología a la locura. Una perspectiva humanista desde el pensamiento de Erasmo de Rotterdam

Abstract

The present research has as intention to perform a resignification of craziness having as guide the book The Praise of Folly by Erasmo of Rotterdam. For this it is pretend to make a reconstruction from the thesis which is immersed in the work of the dutch about the different ways in which the character goddess Folly, developed by the author of the Praise, manifests, there, being related with distinct spheres and dimentions of humanity, from the private life to social life. Manifesting how common she is as well the constant negation that exists toward her in some spheres of the society, where it is neither thought nor even possible the existence of her, having as one of the results that it only takes be human to be one of the participants in the command of that deity. As well is developed a kind of history of madness through different eras and thinkers who aren linked to Praise's ideas. Thus, developing the possibility of a redemption or reconception of madness/craziness in order to mitigate the strong impact that the stigma toward it, having as consequence reverberating in terms of prejudice/stigmatization of psychological and psychiatric therapies aggravating mental health of the population. This investigation is guided by a a thorough hermeneutical analysis of the Prause, accounts with complements for the interpretation and reinforcement of the thesis authors such as Ledo, Porter, Nietzsche, Kant, Schopenhauer, Rosset among others with their thoughts about the Dutch or the Folly.