Denys’s Reviews > Dementia: Living in the Memories of God > Status Update

"The idea of hypercognition relates to the tendency within Western liberal cultures to isolate intellect, reason and rationality and identify these aspects of human beings as having particular moral and social significance." (81)

"The fact that it might seem strange and counter-intuitive to the reader to suggest that something like sin, love, or the presence or absence of God might be a central part of a medical definition of dementia makes the point, and indicates the boundaries of medical diagnosis and the limited intentions that such a process has. " (47)