Module 01 · Setting the Historical Context历史背景
Madness in Civilization, chapter 1《文明中的疯狂》第一章
Scull, A. Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity from the Bible to Freud, From the Madhouse to Modern Medicine. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. Chapter 1
斯库尔,A. 文明之狂:从圣经到弗洛伊德,从疯人院到现代医学的文化史。普林斯顿:普林斯顿大学出版社,2015。第一章
Andrew Scull’s career has been dedicated to the social history of medicine and psychiatry. Madness in Civilization, from which your reading is taken, explores the cultural context in which madness (whatever its names) has been named, explained and treated. This introductory chapter urges our attention to the diagnostic terms we use when discussing the history of mental illness.
安德鲁·斯库尔的职业生涯致力于医学和精神病学的社会历史。从《文明中的疯狂》中摘取的阅读内容,探讨了疯狂(无论其名称如何)被命名、解释和治疗的 文化背景。这一章的引言敦促我们关注在讨论精神病史时使用的诊断术语。
📄 CONFRONTING MADNESS - Scull, Madness in Civilization ch. 1.pdf