Madness
Author(s): Roy Porter
Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.
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Well illustrated and constructed, this is a masterful and moving book written in pellucid prose. Its brevity belies its weight Ross Leckie, The Times (Play)
1. Introduction; 2. Madness, Gods, and Demons; 3. The Rationality of Madness; 4. Fools and Folly; 5. Locking up the Mad; 6. The Rise of Psychiatry; 7. The Mad; 8. The Century of Psychoanalysis; 9. Conclusion: Modern Times, Ancient Problems?
General Fields
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- : 0.252
- : 13 March 2003
- : 172mm X 120mm X 19mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Roy Porter
- : Paperback
- : 616.8009
- : 254
- : numerous halftones