Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
Ideas on Insanity 1580-1890
Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
ISBN: 978-1-041-25371-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
In this book, originally published in 1979 and a sequel to Madness and Morals https://www.routledge.com/Madness-and-Morals-Ideas-on-Insanity-in-the-Nineteenth-Century/Skultans/p/book/9781032254975, Vieda Skultans presents an analysis of psychiatric ideas and practices, based on an examination of original texts on insanity. Two contrasting themes are emphasized: first, the Aristotelian idea which links madness to genius and, second, the view, derived from abnormal pathology, which sees madness as a defect of balance or imperfect harmony.
The book investigates the relationship between social categories and diagnostic categories in psychiatry. It explores the view that the theory and practice of psychiatry are inevitably permeated with social values, pointing out that changes in psychiatric ideas and practices are related, at least partly, to changing values within society as a whole. Particular concepts of insanity are chosen for closer inspection, such as the Elizabethan idea of melancholy, eighteenth-century notions of the spleen and vapours, and the nineteenth-century diagnosis of masturbational insanity. The greater vulnerability of women to psychiatric disorder is explored, and the book concludes with an account of the growth of the asylum movement.
Zielgruppe
General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
Weitere Infos & Material
1.Introduction 2. Elizabethan Melancholy 3. The English Malady 4. The Moral Managers 5. Masturbational Insanity 6. Femininity and Illness 7. Pauper Lunacy 8. The Tyranny of Organization 9. Conclusion.
