Madness in Civilization A Cultural History of Insanity from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine
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2016
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780500292549
Publisert
2016-09-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Vekt
890 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
448
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Biographical note
Andrew Scull is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego. He is the author of many books, including Masters of Bedlam; Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine; and Madness: A Very Short Introduction.
This ambitious volume, worldwide in scope and ranging from antiquity to the present, examines the human encounter with Unreason in all its manifestations, the challenges it poses to society and our responses to it. In twelve chapters organized chronologically from the Bible to Freud, from exorcism to mesmerism, from Bedlam to Victorian asylums, from the theory of humours to modern pharmacology, Andrew Scull writes compellingly about madness, its meanings, its consequences and our attempts to understand and treat it.
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Worldwide in scope and ranging from antiquity to the present, this book examines the human encounter with Unreason in all its manifestations, the challenges it poses to society and our responses to it.
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Endorsements * 1. Confronting Madness * 2. Madness in the Ancient World * 3. The Darkness and the Dawn * 4. Melancholie and Madnesse * 5. Madhouses and Mad- Doctors * 6. Nerves and Nervousness * 7. The Great Confinement * 8. Degeneration and Despair * 9. The Demi-Fous * 10. Desperate Remedies * 11. A Meaningful Interlude * 12. A Psychiatric Revolution?
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'Perhaps the most comprehensive account of the history of psychiatry that has yet appeared in a single volume' - Times Literary Supplement'Powerful and disturbing ... a panoramic survey' - Sunday Times'A milestone text ... No other monograph has accomplished such scope, perception and balance in covering madness's haunting, shifting presence in civilization's psyche' - BBC History Magazine'Learned, liberally humanitarian and wryly witty' - The Spectator
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`A brilliant cultural history ... Scull's book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be widely read ... outstanding' The Times
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780500292549
Publisert
2016-09-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Vekt
890 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
448
Forfatter