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245 10 a| Insane societyh| [electronic resource] :b| a sociology of mental health /c| Peter Morall.;

260 a| Abingdon, Oxon ;a| New York, NY :b| Routledge,c| 2020.;

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300 a| pages cm.;

490 0 a| Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: Imagine -- Faulty individual -- Faulty society -- Violence -- Inequality -- Selfishness -- Insecurity -- Stupidity.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "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 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 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, neuro-science, 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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Insane society a sociology of mental health / Peter Morall.

Author/creator	Morall, Peter
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Description	pages cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Subjects	Mental illness--Social aspects. Mental health--Social aspects. Social psychiatry.

Series	Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness
Contents	Introduction: Imagine -- Faulty individual -- Faulty society -- Violence -- Inequality -- Selfishness -- Insecurity -- Stupidity.
Abstract	"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 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 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, neuro-science, 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019052766
ISBN	9781138576070 (hardback)
ISBN	(ebook)

Insane society a sociology of mental health / Peter Morall.

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