A social history of madness
the world through the eyes of the insane
About this book
In "A social history of madness", the historian Roy Porter examines the autobiographical writings of the clinically insane--and for the first time, examines them from the point of view of the mad themselves. How do the mad perceive the world they live in, the doctors who treat (or don't treat) them, or their own supposed insanity? What can the ordeal of insanity tell us about the human experience, and about the very foundation of our society?
Subjects
- biographies
- biography
- case reports
- case studies
- cas, études de
- e tudes de cas
- histoire
- history
- malades mentaux
- maladies mentales
- mental disorders
- mental illness
- mental illness, case studies
- mentally ill
- mentally ill, biography
- new york times reviewed
- psychische stoornissen
- psychology
- sociale geschiedenis
- waanzin