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The Insanity of Place The Place of Insanity: Essays on the History of Psychiatry (Routledge Studies in Cultural History) by Andrew T. Scull is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Insanity of Place The Place of Insanity: Essays on the History of Psychiatry (Routledge Studies in Cultural History) about?
This compelling book brings together many of the major papers published by Andrew Scull in the history of psychiatry over the past decade and a half. Examining some of the major substantive debates in the field from the eighteenth century to the present, the historiographic essays provide a critical perspective on such major figures as Michel Foucault, Roy Porter and Edward Shorter. Chapters on psychiatric therapeutics and on the shifting social responses to madness over a period of almost three
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- Author
- Andrew T. Scull
- Publisher
- Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781135988555
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Medical, Psychology, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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