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Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine

text Madness in civilization : a cultural history of insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the madhouse to modern medicine

Summary
"The loss of reason, a sense of alienation from the commonsense world we all like to imagine we inhabit, the shattering emotional turmoil that seizes hold and won't let go--these are some of the traits we associate with madness. Today, mental dist... Read more
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448 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Publisher
Princeton University Press 2015

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 362.2 SCU in Adult Non-fiction Available

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