HISTORIES OF THE NORMAL AND THE ABNORMAL by Waltraud Ernst ( 9780415648325 )

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HISTORIES OF THE NORMAL AND THE ABNORMAL
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORIES OF NORMS AND NORMATIVITY

By:

Waltraud Ernst

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0415648327

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9780415648325

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

22 October, 2012

Series:

Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

Pages:

304

Synopsis:

This fascinating volume tackles the history of the terms 'normal' and 'abnormal'. Originally meaning 'as occurring in nature', normality has taken on significant cultural gravitas and this book recognizes and explores that fact. The essays engage with the concepts of the normal and the abnormal from the perspectives of a variety of academic disciplines - ranging from art history to social history of medicine, literature, and science studies to sociology and cultural anthropology. The contributors use as their conceptual anchors the works of moral and political philosophers such as Canguilhem, Foucault and Hacking, as well as the ideas put forward by sociologists including Durkheim and Illich. With contributions from a range of scholars across differing disciplines, this book will have a broad appeal to students in many areas of history.

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20 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white halftones

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