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The Politics of Madness examines the discovery and treatment of insanity during the second half of the nineteenth century, offering a fresh perspective grounded in local and national historical research. This volume explores the English asylum system following its establishment in 1845, analysing how asylums functioned as meeting places within the broader social and cultural context of English politics and class structures. Drawing on extensive archival material, the book reappraises the significance of these institutions in shaping responses to mental illness during a transformative period in social history. By integrating social history methodology with cultural analysis, the work demonstrates how the state's approach to insanity reflected and reinforced existing power dynamics, class hierarchies, and political concerns of the era. Essential for scholars of medical history, social policy, and nineteenth-century Britain, this study challenges conventional narratives about institutional progress and reveals the complex relationship between madness, medicine, and the state.

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The Politics of Madness focuses on the second half of the nineteenth century, providing historical context for major reforms in England's asylum system after 1845.

This Routledge Studies volume draws on both local and national archival material to develop original arguments about the social significance of asylums.

The book examines how asylums served as meeting places that reflected English political and class hierarchies during a critical period of social change.

The study integrates social and cultural history approaches to reappraise conventional understandings of institutional development and state policy on insanity.

Designed for academics and students in medical history, social history, and cultural studies, this work contributes to ongoing debates about the history of psychiatry and welfare.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415301742
Category: Books > Subjects > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Psychology & Psychiatry > History & Philosophy
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 March 2006
Listed Since: 29 January 2007

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