Histories of madness / David Wright

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, David, 1965- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice

Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice, 2634-8616

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--History.

Mental illness.

Psychiatric hospitals--History.

Psychiatric hospitals.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"This Element's contribution 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"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Madness and medical history

The sociological turn

Asylums for the mad

Madness in the colonies

Treating madness

Biographies of madness

Madness and the law

Representing madness

Voices of the mad

Emerging trends

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed May 4, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Wright, David, 1965- Histories of madness

ISBN:

9781009671996

1009671995

OCLC:

1584385985

Publisher Number:

CIPO000362953

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access