Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine

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 it through religion or the supernatural, or by cons...
By Andrew Scull
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (April 6, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691166153
ISBN-13: 978-0691166155
Product Dimensions: 7 x 2.2 x 11 inches
Format: PDF ePub TXT book
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Andrew Scull on the second page of the first chapter of his book, serving as an introduction I imagine, dismisses the premise of Thomas Szasz that "mental illness" is a myth, therefore, the words madness and "mental illness" are used almost interchangeably throughout this volume. Elsewhere he is nei...
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