New Books in History

New Books in History


Andrew Scull, “Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity” (Princeton UP, 2015)

January 20, 2017

The wish to understand mental suffering is universal and requires an appreciation for its history. Since Biblical times, humans have understood madness, or other deviations from normal mental functioning, in diverse and unique ways. These have included belief in divineâ¦