The problem of madness has preoccupied Russian thinkers since the
beginning of Russia's troubled history and has been dealt with
repeatedly in literature, art, film, and opera, as well as medical,
political, and philosophical essays. Madness has been treated not
only as a medical or psychological matter, but also as a
metaphysical one, encompassing problems of suffering, imagination,
history, sex, social and world order, evil, retribution, death, and
the afterlife. Madness and the Mad in Russian Culture represents a
joint effort by American, British, and Russian scholars -
historians, literary scholars, sociologists, cultural theorists,
and philosophers - to understand the rich history of madness in the
political, literary, and cultural spheres of Russia. Editors Angela
Brintlinger and Ilya Vinitsky have brought together essays that
cover over 250 years and address a wide variety of ideas related to
madness - from the involvement of state and social structures in
questions of mental health, to the attitudes of major Russian
authors and cultural figures towards insanity and how those
attitudes both shape and are shaped by the history, culture, and
politics of Russia.
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