Insane Society

A Sociology of Mental Health

Peter Morrall (University of Leeds, UK)

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Routledge
16 April 2020

Sociology; Mental health services; Medical sociology

Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

This book critiques the connection between Western society and madness, scrutinizing if and how societal insanity affects the cause, construction, and consequence of madness.

Looking beyond the affected individual to their social, political, economic, ecological, and cultural context, this book examines whether society itself, and its institutions, divisions, practices, and values, is mad. That society’s insanity is relevant to the sanity and insanity of its citizens has been argued by Fromm in The Sane Society, but also by a host of sociologists, social thinkers, epidemiologists and biologists. This book builds on classic texts such as Foucault’s History of Madness, Scull’s Marxist-oriented works and more recent publications which have arisen from a range of socio-political and patient-orientated movements. Chapters in this book draw on biology, psychology, sociological and anthropological thinking that argues that where madness is concerned, society matters.

Providing an extended case study of how the sociological imagination should operate in a contemporary setting, this book draws on genetics, neuroscience, cognitive science, radical psychology, and evolutionary psychology/psychiatry. It is an important read for students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, social policy, criminology, health, and mental health.

By: Peter Morrall (University of Leeds UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781138576070
ISBN 10: 1138576077
Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 16 April 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction. 1. Faulty Individual 2. Faulty Society 3. Violence 4. Inequality 5. Selfishness 6. Insecurity 7. Stupidity. Conclusion. Index.

Peter Morrall has an academic background in medical/health sociology. He is currently Visiting Associate Professor in Health Sociology, University of Leeds, and Tutor at the Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of York, UK. Morrall has been steeped in the field of ‘madness’ for decades. He has worked in large mental hospitals and small psychiatric units, and has taught, researched, and written about madness (including ‘madness and murder’, ‘the trouble with psychotherapy’, and the insanity of society). Morrall’s other interests beyond madness are music and motorcycling.