The man who thought he was Napoleon : toward a political history of madness /
Murat, Laure,
The man who thought he was Napoleon : toward a political history of madness / Laure Murat ; translated by Deke Dusinberre ; with a foreword by David A. Bell. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource : illustrations
"Originally published as L'homme que se prenait pour Napoléon : pour une histoire politique de la folie. (c) Copyright Éditions Gallimard, 2011"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Revolutionary terror, or losing head and mind -- Asylum or political prison? -- The man who thought he was Napoleon -- Morbus democraticus -- Reason in revolt.
By investigating nineteenth-century medical cases and doctors' observations, this book attempts to understand how political events such as revolutions and the rise of new systems of government affect mental health and/or can be represented as delirious in psychiatric and literary discourses. Rather than denouncing wrongful confinements, this book analyzes what is at stake in the intertwined discourses of madness, psychiatry, and political theory.
9780226025872 9780226025735
Projective identification--History.--France
Mentally ill--History.--France
Mental illness--History.--France
Projection (Psychology)
Identification (Psychology)
Mental Disorders--history
Projection
Identification, Psychological
Mentally Ill Persons--history
Electronic Books.
RC455 / .M369 2014
The man who thought he was Napoleon : toward a political history of madness / Laure Murat ; translated by Deke Dusinberre ; with a foreword by David A. Bell. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource : illustrations
"Originally published as L'homme que se prenait pour Napoléon : pour une histoire politique de la folie. (c) Copyright Éditions Gallimard, 2011"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Revolutionary terror, or losing head and mind -- Asylum or political prison? -- The man who thought he was Napoleon -- Morbus democraticus -- Reason in revolt.
By investigating nineteenth-century medical cases and doctors' observations, this book attempts to understand how political events such as revolutions and the rise of new systems of government affect mental health and/or can be represented as delirious in psychiatric and literary discourses. Rather than denouncing wrongful confinements, this book analyzes what is at stake in the intertwined discourses of madness, psychiatry, and political theory.
9780226025872 9780226025735
Projective identification--History.--France
Mentally ill--History.--France
Mental illness--History.--France
Projection (Psychology)
Identification (Psychology)
Mental Disorders--history
Projection
Identification, Psychological
Mentally Ill Persons--history
Electronic Books.
RC455 / .M369 2014