Using case studies of real people in order to explain, humanise, and bring to life the subject, Peter Morrall critically analyses how madness has been and is understood, or perhaps misunderstood. By contrasting past and present people who have been perceived as mad and/or perceive themselves as mad, Morrall presents core ideas about madness and critiques their would-be robustness in explaining the specific madness of the person in question, as well as their general relevance to madness overall.
Unlike many of its contemporaries, the book does not adhere to a perspective,
but rather remains skeptical about the ideas of all who profess to understand
madness, whether these emanate from sociology, psychology, psychotherapy,
anthropology, ‘anti’ psychiatry, or the biological sciences of contemporary
‘scientific-psychiatry’.
This book will inform and stimulate the thinking of the reader, and challenge those with preconceived ideas about madness.
Using case studies of real people in order to explain, humanise, and bring to life the subject, Peter Morrall critically analyses how madness has been and is understood, or perhaps misunderstood. By contrasting past and present people who have been perceived as mad and/or perceive themselves as mad, Morrall presents core ideas about madness and critiques their would-be robustness in explaining the specific madness of the person in question, as well as their general relevance to madness overall.
Unlike many of its contemporaries, the book does not adhere to a perspective,
but rather remains skeptical about the ideas of all who profess to understand
madness, whether these emanate from sociology, psychology, psychotherapy,
anthropology, ‘anti’ psychiatry, or the biological sciences of contemporary
‘scientific-psychiatry’.
This book will inform and stimulate the thinking of the reader, and challenge those with preconceived ideas about madness.
Madness: Ideas About Insanity
234Madness: Ideas About Insanity
234Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781138905511 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 03/30/2017 |
Pages: | 234 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |