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Madness : a very short introduction / Andrew Scull.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 279.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xvi, 134 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780199608034 (pbk.)
  • 0199608032 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.89/009 23
LOC classification:
  • RC450.G7 S283 2011
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Contents:
Madness unbound -- Madness in chains -- Madness confined -- Madness and meaning -- Madness denied -- Madness cast out.
Summary: "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."--P. [2] of cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.

Madness unbound -- Madness in chains -- Madness confined -- Madness and meaning -- Madness denied -- Madness cast out.

"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."--P. [2] of cover.

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