Emotions and the Making of Psychiatric Reform in Britain, c. 1770-1820 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This book explores the ways which people navigated the emotions provoked by the mad in Britain across the long eighteenth century. Building upon recent advances in the historical study of emotions, it plots the evolution of attitudes towards insanity, and considers how shifting emotional norms influenced the development of a 'humanitarian' temperament, which drove the earliest movements for psychiatric reform in England and Scotland. Reacting to a 'culture of sensibility', which encouraged tears at the sight of tender suffering, early asylum reformers chose instead to express their humanity through unflinching resolve, charging into madhouses to contemplate scenes of misery usually hidden from public view, and confronting the authorities that enabled neglect to flourish. This intervention required careful emotional management, which is documented comprehensively here for the first time. Drawing upon a wide array of medical and literary sources, this book provides invaluable insights into pre-modern attitudes towards insanity.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Mark Neuendorf
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	297
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-084355-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-03-084355-6
Barcode:	9783030843557

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