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Madness

Paperback • 2015 • English

Madness : A history

By Petteri Pietikainen

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About the book

Madness: A History is a thorough and accessible account of madness from antiquity to modern times, offering a large-scale yet nuanced picture of mental illness and its varieties in western civilization. The book opens by considering perceptions and experiences of madness starting in Biblical times, Ancient history and Hippocratic medicine to the Age of Enlightenment, before moving on to developments from the late 18th century to the late 20th century and the Cold War era. Petteri Pietikäinen l...Show more

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ISBN

9780415713184

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Madness

Format

Paperback

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