Histories of madness /
Wright, David, 1965-
Histories of madness / David Wright. - 1 online resource (78 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice, 2634-8616 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Open access.
Explores the historiography of madness in the Modern era, including landmark publications in the overlapping fields of the history of psychiatry and the history of lunatic asylums. As this examination of almost 200 academic works will demonstrate, the field is vast and highly contested, with researchers sometimes disagreeing about the basic terms of analysis. Nevertheless, from Foucault to Fanon, from Goffman to Gilman, these debates about social and medical responses to madness have inspired some of the most influential academic scholarship of the twentieth century.
Specialized.
9781009671996
10.1017/9781009671996 doi
Mental illness--History.
Psychiatric hospitals--History.
RC438 / .W7 2026
362.0903
Histories of madness / David Wright. - 1 online resource (78 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice, 2634-8616 . - Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Open access.
Explores the historiography of madness in the Modern era, including landmark publications in the overlapping fields of the history of psychiatry and the history of lunatic asylums. As this examination of almost 200 academic works will demonstrate, the field is vast and highly contested, with researchers sometimes disagreeing about the basic terms of analysis. Nevertheless, from Foucault to Fanon, from Goffman to Gilman, these debates about social and medical responses to madness have inspired some of the most influential academic scholarship of the twentieth century.
Specialized.
9781009671996
10.1017/9781009671996 doi
Mental illness--History.
Psychiatric hospitals--History.
RC438 / .W7 2026
362.0903