Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine

Author/Contributor(s):	Scull, Andrew
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Date:	08/29/2016
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"'Madness in Civilization' traces the long and complex history of this affliction and our attempts to treat it. Beautifully illustrated throughout, [it] takes readers from antiquity to today, painting a vivid and often harrowing portrait of the different ways that cultures around the world have interpreted and responded to the seemingly irrational, psychotic, and insane. From the Bible to Sigmund Freud, from exorcism to mesmerism, from Bedlam to Victorian asylums, from the theory of humors to modern pharmacology, the book explores the manifestations and meanings of madness, its challenges and consequences, and our varied responses to it."--Publisher's description.