{"product_id":"insane-society-peter-morrall-9781138576070","title":"Insane Society: A Sociology of Mental Health","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book critiques the connection between Western society and madness, scrutinizing if and how societal insanity affects the cause, construction, and consequence of madness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking 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 \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eSane Society\u003c\/i\u003e, but also by a host of sociologists, social thinkers, epidemiologists and biologists. This book builds on classic texts such as Foucault's \u003ci\u003eHistory of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 that where madness is concerned, \u003ci\u003esociety\u003c\/i\u003e matters. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding an extended case study of how the sociological imagination should operate in a contemporary setting, this book draws on genetics, neuroscience, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Morrall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138576077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138576070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Peter Morrall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44130674770175,"sku":"9781138576070","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fca45373-8067-484f-bd30-4d0e643d7424.jpg?v=1687470673","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/insane-society-peter-morrall-9781138576070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}