A social history of madness : stories of the insane

By:

Porter, R

Publication details: London : George Wiedenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., 1989Description: ix., 261p., paperbackISBN:

0297795716
9780297795711

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WM 53

Summary: Roy Porter shows how the literature of the insane presents the world through a looking-glass, holding up a mirror to the logic of sane society, and insists that the history of unreason must be coterminous with the history of reason. They are doubles.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Croydon Health Services Library Shelves	WM 53 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		CR0000009000

Roy Porter shows how the literature of the insane presents the world through a looking-glass, holding up a mirror to the logic of sane society, and insists that the history of unreason must be coterminous with the history of reason. They are doubles.

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