Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine
Andrew T. Scull • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0691173443
Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine
Andrew T. Scull • Princeton University Press
ISBN-10: 0691173443 · ISBN-13: 978‑0691173443 · 2017
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A beautifully illustrated history of the human encounter with unreason
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Author: Andrew T. Scull
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Influences: Michel Foucault, Roy Porter
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