Andrew Scull

Gebundenes Buch

The Insanity of Place / The Place of Insanity

Essays on the History of Psychiatry

Beschreibung

In this compelling read Andrew Scull - one of the leading names in the field - presents a selection of his most important published papers on the history of psychiatry, critically examining figures such as Michel Foucault, Roy Porter, and Edward Shorter.

Autor

Andrew Scull received his B.A. from Oxford University, and his Ph.D. from Princeton. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania and at Princeton prior to coming to UCSD. His books include Museums of Madness; Decarceration; Madhouses, Mad-Doctors, and Madmen; Durkheim and the Law (with Steven Lukes); Social Control and the State (with Stanley Cohen); Social Order/Mental Disorder; The Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900; and Masters of Bedlam.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780415770064
• ISBN-10: 0415770068
• Artikelnr.: 21065544