Andrew Scull

Madness in Civilization (eBook, PDF)

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

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Andrew Scull is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Masters of Bedlam: The Transformation of the Mad-Doctoring Trade (Princeton).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781400865710
• Artikelnr.: 57068344

Autorenporträt

Andrew Scull is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Masters of Bedlam: The Transformation of the Mad-Doctoring Trade (Princeton).

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?