Andrew Scull (Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Stud

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Madness

A Very Short Introduction

Beschreibung

Madness is something that frightens and fascinates us all. It is a word with which we are universally familiar, and a condition that haunts the human imagination. In this Very Short Introduction, Andrew Scull examines the social, historical and culturally variable responses to madness over the centuries.

Autor

Andrew Scull has held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and the University of California, where he is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies. He is a past president of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, many of them on the history of psychiatry in Britain and the United States. He has lectured on five continents, as well as making many media appearances on programmes dealing with mental health issues.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 113mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9780199608034
• ISBN-10: 0199608032
• Artikelnr.: 33317484