Madness and Democracy: The Modern Psychiatric Universe
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How the insane asylum became a laboratory of democracy is revealed in this provocative look at the treatment of the mentally ill in nineteenth-century France. Political thinkers reasoned that if government was to rest in the hands of individuals, then measures should be taken to understand the deepest reaches of the self, including the state of madness. Marcel Gauchet and Gladys Swain maintain that the asylum originally embodied the revolutionary...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0691033722
ISBN13:9780691033723
Release Date:May 1999
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 7.8" x 10.0"
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Democracy Europe France Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Ideologies & Doctrines Internal Medicine Medicine Mental Illness Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Psychology & Counseling Psychotherapy, TA & NLP Public Affairs & Policy Social Services & WelfareCustomer Reviews
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