La fortaleza vacía

This classic book is the clearest written explanation of childhood autism to date, and with great tact and delicacy speaks of the inability to relate to the outside world that leads some children to silence and isolation. This disorder, first described in 1943, was the subject of a meticulous investigation by the author, Bruno Bettelheim, who analyzed it from a scientific and philosophical point of view. The result is a fascinating text that questions about the dehumanization of contemporary society and explores the mysterious paths of individual psychoses, to finally hopefully affirm that it is necessary to pay attention to these children, generally ignored and forgotten, to their fear. and their suffering and, above all, the terror that undoubtedly causes them to always feel alone in their "empty fortress".