Troubled by Faith: Insanity and the Supernatural in the Age of the Asylum

by Owen Davies

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The nineteenth century was a time of extraordinary scientific innovation, but with the rise of psychiatry, faiths and popular beliefs were often seen as signs of a diseased mind. By exploring the beliefs of asylum patients, we see the nineteenth century in a new light, with science, faith, and the supernatural deeply entangled in a fast-changing world.

The birth of psychiatry in the early nineteenth-century fundamentally changed...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:019887300X

ISBN13:9780198873006

Release Date:December 2023

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.75 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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