ENGLISH

Madness : a very short introduction

By Andrew , Scull

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780199608034, 0199608032
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1504318 bytes)
Series
Very short introductions 279
Pages
134\153
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Mental illness -- History. Mental illness -- Treat

Description

"Andrew Scull examines the social, historical, and culturally variable response to madness over the centuries, providing a provocative and entertaining examination of mental illness over more than two millennia"--Front cover flap. Abstract: 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. Read more...

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