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Author : - Frame
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Insanity written by - Frame and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wouter Kusters
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262044285
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book A Philosophy of Madness written by Wouter Kusters and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosophy of psychosis and the psychosis of philosophy: a philosopher draws on his experience of madness. In this book, philosopher and linguist Wouter Kusters examines the philosophy of psychosis—and the psychosis of philosophy. By analyzing the experience of psychosis in philosophical terms, Kusters not only emancipates the experience of the psychotic from medical classification, he also emancipates the philosopher from the narrowness of textbooks and academia, allowing philosophers to engage in real-life praxis, philosophy in vivo. Philosophy and madness—Kusters's preferred, non-medicalized term—coexist, one mirroring the other. Kusters draws on his own experience of madness—two episodes of psychosis, twenty years apart—as well as other first-person narratives of psychosis. Speculating about the maddening effect of certain words and thought, he argues, and demonstrates, that the steady flow of philosophical deliberation may sweep one into a full-blown acute psychotic episode. Indeed, a certain kind of philosophizing may result in confusion, paradoxes, unworldly insights, and circular frozenness reminiscent of madness. Psychosis presents itself to the psychotic as an inescapable truth and reality. Kusters evokes the mad person's philosophical or existential amazement at reality, thinking, time, and space, drawing on classic autobiographical accounts of psychoses by Antonin Artaud, Daniel Schreber, and others, as well as the work of phenomenological psychiatrists and psychologists and such phenomenologists as Edmund Husserl and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. He considers the philosophical mystic and the mystical philosopher, tracing the mad undercurrent in the Husserlian philosophy of time; visits the cloud castles of mystical madness, encountering LSD devotees, philosophers, theologians, and nihilists; and, falling to earth, finds anxiety, emptiness, delusions, and hallucinations. Madness and philosophy proceed and converge toward a single vanishing point.
Author : James Frame
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Insanity written by James Frame and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the insane and their institutional provision by a former inmate of Glasgow Royal Asylum. Frame's chronicle graphically delineates his own illness and the roles and perspectives of clinicians, managers, patients and relations. Offers insights about the medico-moral ethos and milieu of the mid-Victorian Scottish asylum.
Author : Michel Foucault
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307833100
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Madness and Civilization written by Michel Foucault and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the "insane" and the rest of humanity.
Author : Frame
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Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (48 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Insanity written by Frame and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Berthold-Bond
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791425053
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Hegel's Theory of Madness written by Daniel Berthold-Bond and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how an understanding of the nature and role of insanity in Hegel's writing provides intriguing new points of access to many of the central themes of his larger philosophic project. Berthold-Bond situates Hegel's theory of madness within the history of psychiatric practice during the great reform period at the turn of the eighteenth century, and shows how Hegel developed a middle path between the stridently opposed camps of "empirical" and "romantic" medicine, and of "somatic" and "psychical" practitioners. A key point of the book is to show that Hegel does not conceive of madness and health as strictly opposing states, but as kindred phenomena sharing many of the same underlying mental structures and strategies, so that the ontologies of insanity and rationality involve a mutually illuminating, mirroring relation. Hegel's theory is tested against the critiques of the institution of psychiatry and the very concept of madness by such influential twentieth-century authors as Michel Foucault and Thomas Szasz, and defended as offering a genuinely reconciling position in the contemporary debate between the "social labeling" and "medical" models of mental illness.
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Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Insanity written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl Elliott
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791429525
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)
Download or read book The Rules of Insanity written by Carl Elliott and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1996-07-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Rules of Insanity, Carl Elliott draws on philosophy and psychiatry to develop a conceptual framework for judging the moral responsibility of mentally ill offenders. Arguing that there is little useful that can be said about the responsibility of mentally ill offenders in general, Elliott looks at specific mental illnesses in detail; among them schizophrenia, manic-depressive disorders, psychosexual disorders such as exhibitionism and voyeurism, personality disorders, and impulse control disorders such as kleptomania and pyromania. He takes a particularly hard look at the psychopath or sociopath, who many have argued is incapable of understanding morality. Making extensive use of psychiatric case histories, Elliott explores the various ways in which mental illness can affect a person's intentions and thus excuse him or her from moral responsibility.
Author : Chan Lishan
Publisher : Ethos Books
ISBN 13 : 9811408920
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (114 download)
Download or read book A Philosopher’s Madness written by Chan Lishan and published by Ethos Books. This book was released on with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a personal and philosophical account of schizophrenia that aims to raise awareness of mental health issues. The personal aspect of the book reveals the gritty reality of what it is like to have schizophrenia, and explores issues faced by those with mental illness, such as secrecy and recovery. The philosophical aspect of the book raises questions concerning the nature of mental illness, such as whether or not mental illness is ultimately physical or mental. Referencing contemporary debates, such as whether madness is a disease or a culturally- determined label, this book is relevant not only to persons with an interest in a true story of psychosis, but also to those with an interest in the relationship between philosophy and madness. Reader Reviews “Through this book, I hope it challenges the public’s perception of mental health as being an ‘all-or-none’ phenomenon; it is, in actual fact, a spectrum on which all of us oscillate back and forth throughout various times in our lives. Not only should we learn to appreciate mental health, we should also accept that those who suffer from mental illness can recover and lead satisfying lives with the appropriate help.” — A/Prof Swapna Verma, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Chief, Early Psychosis Intervention Programme, Institute of Mental Health | Project Director, Community Health Assessment Team | Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School “I can relate to the book as a person who has experienced discrimination as a person who has been diagnosed and she portrays this very clearly. In addition, as a philosopher, she asks pertinent questions on whether the disease is a mental or physical problem. [...] I'd encourage anyone who has a friend or loved one who is mentally ill to read it to understand them better. Also, I'd recommend that every person who is diagnosed or is about to be diagnosed to read it. She helps one understand the tremendous difficulty of how one accepts one's diagnosis.” — Rachel, online book reviewer
Author : Andrew Scull
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691166153
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Madness in Civilization written by Andrew Scull and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2015.
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Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of insanity written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (72 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Insanity written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lawrie Reznek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134705778
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Evil or Ill? written by Lawrie Reznek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controversial investigation of the insanity defense in Evil or Ill? Drawing from countless intriguing case examples, he aims to understand the concept of an excuse, and explains why the law excuses certain actions and not others. In his easily accessible and elegant style, he explains that in law, there exists two excuses derived from Aristotle: the excuses of ignorance and compulsion. Reznek, however proposes a third excuse - the excuse of character change. In introducing this third excuse, Reznek raises a controversial possibility - the abolition of the insanity defence.
Author : Of T Inmate of the Glasgow Royal Asylum
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ISBN 13 : 9781410214355
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (143 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Insanity written by Of T Inmate of the Glasgow Royal Asylum and published by . This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS Author's Preface Introductory Remarks What Constitutes Insanity? Delusions Narcotics and Their Effects Fanaticism Knowledge Necessary for the Preservation of Bodily and Mental Health Lunatic Asylums and Attendants Labour and Amusements Considered as Curative Agents A Thing of Shreads and Patches - Life Assurance - Sleep - Food - A Few Words to Relatives - Analogy Between the Animal and Vegetable World - Epilepsy and Periodical Madness - Precocious Children - Cheerfulness - Excess - Pride - Indecision - False Shame Gartnavel Asylum Conclusion Appendix
Author : Jonah F. Haddad
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1625642296
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)
Download or read book Insanity written by Jonah F. Haddad and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Have you seen such men--peculiar, raving, foam-mouthed, and straitjacketed--throwing themselves mercilessly at white padded walls . . . ? Such men are said to be insane. But there is more to insanity than the images depicted in film and planted in our minds by popular media. Insanity is a condition that affects us all. Unsoundness of mind disrupts our ability to think clearly and to form knowledge about the world. Our understanding is dangerously incomplete and our minds are corrupt. We are all insane. How then can we ever hope to know our world? Is it possible to form justified true beliefs about anything? What possibility, if any, do we have of escaping this condition of madness that keeps us from the light of knowledge? In Insanity, Jonah Haddad explores these very questions by introducing the main problems of the theory of knowledge and by offering a response to our madness--a response grounded in God, the ultimate Knower. "
Author : A. Late Inmate of the Glasgow Royal Asyl
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780353890183
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Insanity written by A. Late Inmate of the Glasgow Royal Asyl and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Richard Wightman Fox
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520036536
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (365 download)
Download or read book So Far Disordered in Mind written by Richard Wightman Fox and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
