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PROBING MADNESS
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| By: |
Valentina Cuzzocrea (Editor), Katarzyna Szmigiero (Editor) |
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Electronic book text |
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| ISBN 10: |
1904710794 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781904710790 |
| Publisher: |
INTER-DISCIPLINARY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2011 |
| Pages: |
213 |
| Synopsis: |
1st Global Conference on Madness, organised by Interdisciplinary Net and held at Mansfield College, Oxford, in September 2008 was a truly global and interdisciplinary event, which gathered over thirty participants. The present volume, entitled Probing Madness, reflects the issues discussed at the conference as it contains sections on madness and medicine, law and state, history and philosophy as well as on cultural representations of madness. It contains fifteen short articles and two pieces of creative writing by international scholars and activists representing various disciplines and approaches to the subject. Their different backgrounds, viewpoints and opinions do not contradict, but rather complement and enrich each other. The first part, entitled Diagnosis and Treatment, deals with problems caused by unusual symptoms and suggests alternative methods of treatment. The section entitled Madness, State and Law presents the complex interactions between mental health care and legislature and/or state policy.The third section is devoted to the way language constructs and shapes our perception of health and disease as well as to the employment of psychiatric vocabulary in non-medical contexts. The last part contains analyses of cultural, mainly literary, representations of mental anguish. All the texts included in this electronic collection endeavour to probe madness, comprehend it, and accept it as one of many human experiences - sometimes terrifying, sometimes baffling, sometimes even beneficial. They offer a myriad of approaches to mental illness, truly reflecting the interdisciplinary character of the three-day conference at which they were delivered. The task of understanding madness is impossible to be completed; yet, it enriches our understanding and compassion, teaches us humility and also gives hope. |
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UK |
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Inter-Disciplinary Press |
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Non-returnable |
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