The Resource Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine, Andrew Scull
Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine, Andrew Scull
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- Summary
- 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. This book traces the long and complex history of this affliction and our attempts to treat it, from antiquity to today, painting a vivid and often harrowing portrait of the different ways that cultures around the world have interpreted and responded to the seemingly irrational, psychotic, and insane
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 448 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780691166155
- Label
- Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine
- Title
- Madness in civilization
- Title remainder
- a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew Scull
- Subject
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- trueFour temperaments
- trueHypnotism
- trueMental illness -- History
- trueMental illness -- Social aspects
- trueMental illness -- Treatment | History
- Mentally ill -- Care | History
- truePeople with mental illnesses -- Care and treatment | History
- truePsychiatric hospitals -- History
- truePsychiatry -- History
- trueSuperstition
- trueCivilization
- trueArt and mental illness
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. This book traces the long and complex history of this affliction and our attempts to treat it, from antiquity to today, painting a vivid and often harrowing portrait of the different ways that cultures around the world have interpreted and responded to the seemingly irrational, psychotic, and insane
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- 1947-
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- Scull, Andrew
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC438
- LC item number
- .S39483 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Mental illness
- Mental illness
- Mentally ill
- Psychiatry
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- a cultural history of insanity, from the bible to freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine.
- Label
- Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine, Andrew Scull
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-439) and index
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- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 448 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780691166155
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)894625483
- Label
- Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine, Andrew Scull
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-439) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 448 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780691166155
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)894625483
Subject
- trueExorcism
- trueFour temperaments
- trueHypnotism
- trueMental illness -- History
- trueMental illness -- Social aspects
- trueMental illness -- Treatment | History
- Mentally ill -- Care | History
- truePeople with mental illnesses -- Care and treatment | History
- truePsychiatric hospitals -- History
- truePsychiatry -- History
- trueSuperstition
- trueCivilization
- trueArt and mental illness
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