H.C. Erik Midelfort, A History of Madness in 16th-Century Germany
This well-written book offers more than just a discussion of one type of deviance called madness. In dealing with all conceivable phenomena somehow connected to mental disturbance, it touches on almost every aspect of socio-cultural history. Thus, we get an in-depth discussion of the St. Vitus danc...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | This well-written book offers more than just a discussion of one type of deviance called madness. In dealing with all conceivable phenomena somehow connected to mental disturbance, it touches on almost every aspect of socio-cultural history. Thus, we get an in-depth discussion of the St. Vitus dancing mania, of which even contemporaries were not sure whether it served as a cure for disturbed people's ailments or it was a part of their problem. Midelfort's elaborate analysis of the ideas of P... |
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