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What separates the sane from the mad? How hard or easy is it to tell them apart? And what if the difference is really between being mad and going mad? In this l
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Authors: Michel Foucault
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-30 - Publisher: Vintage

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Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyda
Making Sense of Madness
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Pages: 189
Authors: Jim Geekie
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This book argues that the experience of 'madness' is an integral part of what it is to be human, and that greater focus on subjective experiences can contribute
A Philosophy of Madness
Language: en
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Authors: Wouter Kusters
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The philosophy of psychosis and the psychosis of philosophy: a philosopher draws on his experience of madness. In this book, philosopher and linguist Wouter Kus
The Meaning of Madness
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Neel Burton
Categories: Medical
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This award winning book opens up the debate on mental disorders. For example, what is schizophrenia? Why does it affect human beings but not other animals? What