{"product_id":"madness-peter-morrall-9781138905511","title":"Madness: Ideas about Insanity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an introduction to the uncertainties and incongruities about madness. It is aimed at all of those who are curious about this subject whether out of general inquisitiveness or because it is part of a formal course of study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing case studies of real people in order to explain, humanise, and bring to life the subject, Peter Morrall critically analyses how madness has been and is understood, or perhaps misunderstood. By contrasting past and present people who have been perceived as mad and\/or perceive themselves as mad, Morrall presents core ideas about madness and critiques their would-be robustness in explaining the specific madness of the person in question, as well as their general relevance to madness overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike many of its contemporaries, the book does not adhere to a perspective, \u003cbr\u003ebut rather remains skeptical about the ideas of all who profess to understand\u003cbr\u003emadness, whether these emanate from sociology, psychology, psychotherapy, \u003cbr\u003eanthropology, 'anti' psychiatry, or the biological sciences of contemporary\u003cbr\u003e'scientific-psychiatry'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will inform and stimulate the thinking of the reader, and challenge those with preconceived ideas about madness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Morrall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138905518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138905511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Peter Morrall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48622053556479,"sku":"9781138905511","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madness-peter-morrall-9781138905511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}