Sex, religion, and the making of modern madness

the Eberbach Asylum and German society, 1815-1849

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Sex, religion, and the making of modern madness

the Eberbach Asylum and German society, 1815-1849

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"How did the affliction we now know as insanity move from a religious phenomenon to a medical one? How did social class, gender, and ethnicity affect the experience of mental trauma and the way psychiatrists diagnosed and treated patients? In answering these questions, this volume mines the rich and unusually detailed records of one of Germany's first modern insane asylums, the Eberbach Asylum in the duchy of Nassau.

It is a book on the historical relationship between madness and modernity that both builds upon and challenges Michel Foucault's landmark work on this topic, a bold study that gives generous consideration to madness from the patient's perspective while also shedding new light on sexuality, politics, and antisemitism in nineteenth-century Germany."--BOOK JACKET.

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236

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Cover of: Sex, Religion, and the Making of Modern Madness
Sex, Religion, and the Making of Modern Madness: The Eberbach Asylum and German Society, 1815-1849
January 29, 2001, Oxford University Press, USA
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Cover of: Sex, Religion, and the Making of Modern Madness
Sex, Religion, and the Making of Modern Madness: The Eberbach Asylum and German Society, 1815-1849
May 10, 1999, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
Cover of: Sex, Religion, and the Making of Modern Madness
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.89/00943/09034
Library of Congress
RC450.G4 G64 1999, RC450.G4G64 1999, RC 450 .G4 G64 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 236 p. :
Number of pages
236

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL353984M
Internet Archive
sexreligionmakin0000gold
ISBN 10
0195125819
LCCN
98013682
OCLC/WorldCat
38566581
Library Thing
651469
Goodreads
4279192

First Sentence

"Eberbach's founding in 1815 coincided with the lunacy reform movement that swept Europe and North America in the first half of the century."

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