This fascinating volume tackles the history of the terms
'normal' and 'abnormal'. Originally meaning 'as occurring in
nature', normality has taken on significant cultural gravitas and
this book recognizes and explores that fact.
The essays engage with the concepts of the normal and the
abnormal from the perspectives of a variety of academic disciplines
a " ranging from art history to social history of medicine,
literature, and science studies to sociology and cultural
anthropology. The contributors use as their conceptual anchors the
works of moral and political philosophers such as Canguilhem,
Foucault and Hacking, as well as the ideas put forward by
sociologists including Durkheim and Illich.
With contributions from a range of scholars across differing
disciplines, this book will have a broad appeal to students in many
areas of history.
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