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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, (c)2014.Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780226025872
  • 9780226025735
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RC455 .M369 2014
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Contents:
Asylum or political prison? -- The man who thought he was Napoleon -- Morbus democraticus -- Reason in revolt.
Summary: 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.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction RC455.4.76 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn887802558

"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.

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