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Document Details : Title: Spatiality and Milieu Subtitle: Fernand Deligny's (Non)clinical Work Author(s): MIGUEL, Marlon Journal: Tijdschrift voor Filosofie Volume: 86 Issue: 4 Date: 2024 Pages: 551-577 DOI: 10.2143/TVF.86.4.3294481 Abstract : In their work with nonverbal autistic children, Fernand Deligny and those around him developed a non-goal-oriented clinical process of sorts. On the one hand, this process is embedded within a specific historical context. Deligny’s invention aligns with a tradition that sought to conceptualize deviations from the norm not as deficits or dysfunctions but as possessing their own inherent positivity. His work resonates with the ideas of figures such as Kurt Goldstein and Georges Canguilhem, as well as the perspectives of Lacanian psychoanalysis and institutional psychotherapy. On the other hand, Deligny’s perspectives arguably represents the most radical position within this constellation. Furthermore, Deligny’s approach appears to place particular emphasis on space, the arrangement of objects within it, and the meticulous organization of schedules for daily activities. In this sense, I suggest that the various living spaces hosting autistic children within the network were conceived as installations where everything had its designated time and place: they were designed as the installation of an adequate milieu. |
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