Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse...
Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse...
Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine / Andrew Scull.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.
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G 2015/4042
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English
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Physical content
448 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Confronting madness -- Madness in the ancient world -- The darkness and the dawn -- Melancholie and madnesse -- Madhouses and mad-doctors -- Nerves and nervousness -- The great confinement -- Degeneration and despair -- The demi-fous -- Desperate remedies -- A meaningful interlude -- A psychiatric r...
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
2015.
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"The loss of reason, a sense of alienation from the commonsense world we all like to imagine we inhabit, the shattering emotional turmoil that seizes hold and won't let go--these are some of the traits we associate with madness. Today, mental disturbance is most commonly viewed through a medical lens, but societies have also sought to make sense of...
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Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine / Andrew Scull.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-439) and index.
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G 2015/4042
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74VKRgj5w7wd
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ISBN
9780691166155 hardcover
0691166153 hardcover
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616.89009
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991023190459702626
