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Asylum ways of seeing : psychiatric patients, American thought and culture /

Asylum Ways of Seeing uncovers a patient culture within twentieth-century American psychiatric hospitals that did not just imbibe ideas from the outside world, but generated ones of their own. In illuminating seemingly resigned patients in these settings, it makes a call to reconsider the philosophi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murray, Heather (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Asylum Ways of Seeing uncovers a patient culture within twentieth-century American psychiatric hospitals that did not just imbibe ideas from the outside world, but generated ones of their own. In illuminating seemingly resigned patients in these settings, it makes a call to reconsider the philosophical possibilities within resignation.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0812298209
9780812298208