|
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Abnormal psychology
|
Not currently available
Off the Deep End - A History of Madness at Sea (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R453
Discovery Miles 4 530
You Save: R81
(15%)
|
|
|
Off the Deep End - A History of Madness at Sea (Hardcover)
 (1 rating, sign in to rate)
List price R534
Loot Price R453
Discovery Miles 4 530
You Save R81 (15%)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
'This horrifying and engrossing book could scarcely be improved
upon. A lightly-worn but gripping contribution to the field, well
researched and full of anecdote and comparison.' The Spectator
'Marvellous, engrossing and horrifying... Off the Deep End is
immensely informative and readable, and hugely provocative.' The
Big Issue Confined in a small space for months on end, subject to
ship's discipline and living on limited food supplies, many sailors
of old lost their minds - and no wonder. Many still do. The result
in some instances was bloodthirsty mutinies, such as the whaleboat
Sharon whose captain was butchered and fed to the ship's pigs in a
crazed attack in the Pacific. Or mob violence, such as the 147
survivors on the raft of the Medusa, who slaughtered each other in
a two-week orgy of violence. So serious was the problem that the
Royal Navy's own physician claimed sailors were seven times more
likely to go mad than the rest of the population. Historic figures
such as Christopher Columbus, George Vancouver, Fletcher Christian
(leader of the munity of the Bounty) and Robert FitzRoy (founder of
the Met Office) have all had their sanity questioned. More
recently, sailors in today's round-the-world races often experience
disturbing hallucinations, including seeing elephants floating in
the sea and strangers taking the helm, or suffer complete
psychological breakdown, like Donald Crowhurst. Others become
hypnotised by the sea and jump to their deaths. Off the Deep End
looks at the sea's physical character, how it confuses our senses
and makes rational thought difficult. It explores the long history
of madness at sea and how that is echoed in many of today's yacht
races. It looks at the often-marginal behaviour of sailors living
both figuratively and literally outside society's usual rules. And
it also looks at the sea's power to heal, as well as cause,
madness.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
