{"product_id":"colonial-madness-richard-c-keller-9780226429731","title":"Colonial Madness: Psychiatry in French North Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eNineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of savage violence, lurid sexuality, and primitive madness. \u003ci\u003eColonial Madness\u003c\/i\u003e traces the genealogy and development of this idea from the beginnings of colonial expansion to the present, revealing the ways in which psychiatry has been at once a weapon in the arsenal of colonial racism, an innovative branch of medical science, and a mechanism for negotiating the meaning of difference for republican citizenship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from extensive archival research and fieldwork in France and North Africa, Richard Keller offers much more than a history of colonial psychology. \u003ci\u003eColonial Madness\u003c\/i\u003e explores the notion of what French thinkers saw as an inherent mental, intellectual, and behavioral rift marked by the Mediterranean, as well as the idea of the colonies as an experimental space freed from the limitations of metropolitan society and reason. These ideas have modern relevance, Keller argues, reflected in French thought about race and debates over immigration and France's postcolonial legacy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard C. Keller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226429733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226429731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 13.53w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/31\/2008 pg. 29","brand":"Richard C. Keller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46451020497151,"sku":"9780226429731","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e600736c-fa17-411a-9475-22e037a38977.jpg?v=1735876192","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/colonial-madness-richard-c-keller-9780226429731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}