Histories of Madness

Name: Histories of Madness
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ISBN: 9781009672016

David Wright (McGill University)

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Cambridge University Press
14 May 2026

Historiography; Mental health services; Diseases & disorders; Psychiatry

Series: Elements in Historical Theory and Practice

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. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

By: David Wright (McGill University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 265g
ISBN: 9781009672016
ISBN 10: 1009672010
Series: Elements in Historical Theory and Practice
Pages: 88
Publication Date: 14 May 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Madness and medical history; 2. The sociological turn; 3. Asylums for the mad; 4. Madness in the colonies; 5. Treating madness; 6. Biographies of madness; 7. Madness and the law; 8. Representing madness; 9. Voices of the mad emerging trends; Bibliography.