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Madness

Madness

A Brief History

by Roy Porter
Paperback
Publication Date: 13/03/2003

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This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy to sexual deviancy, psychoanalysis to prozac. The origins of
current debates about how we define and deal with insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of those treating patients, writers, artists, and the mad themselves.
ISBN:
9780192802675
9780192802675
Category:
History of ideas
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
13-03-2003
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
172x120x17mm
Weight:
0.25kg

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