Mirjam Bugmann from the Universität Zürich recently publishes her PhD (under the supervision of Philipp Sarasin) on August Forel. The… Read more Book announcement – Hypnosepolitik. Der Psychiater August Forel, das Gehirn und die Gesellschaft (1870–1920)
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Book announcement – Encyclopedia of Asylum Therapeutics, 1750–1950s
Mary De Young, professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University, just publishes a book on Asylum Therapeutics in North… Read more Book announcement – Encyclopedia of Asylum Therapeutics, 1750–1950s
Book announcement – Schreiben am Rand. Die ‚kantonale Irrenanstalt Waldau‘ und ihre Narrative (1895-1936)
Martina Wernli, a Research Fellow at the University of Würzbuerg, just publishes a book on the narratives produced inside… Read more Book announcement – Schreiben am Rand. Die ‚kantonale Irrenanstalt Waldau‘ und ihre Narrative (1895-1936)
Book announcement: Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in the Nineteenth Century
The idea of the asylum as a threat became fixed in the Victorian age. However, while patients endured terrible abuses… Read more Book announcement: Insanity and the Lunatic Asylum in the Nineteenth Century
Book announcement – A new biography on Freud by Elisabeth Roudinesco
Elisabeth Roudinesco publishes a new biography on Sigmund Freud. Due to her central position in the French intellectual life… Read more Book announcement – A new biography on Freud by Elisabeth Roudinesco
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