Andrew Scull

Madness in Civilization

A Cultural History of Insanity from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

â A brilliant cultural history â Scullâ s book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be widely read â outstandingâ The Times

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9780500295632
• ISBN-10: 0500295638
• Artikelnr.: 58503488

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Endorsements . 1. Confronting Madness . 2. Madness in the Ancient World .
3. The Darkness and the Dawn . 4. Melancholie and Madnesse . 5. Madhouses
and MadDoctors . 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?