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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel NettlePublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9780198507062ISBN 10: 0198507062 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 01 March 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: From disease to difference and back again 2: From Nature to Nurture and back again 3: This taint of blood 4: The storm-tossed soul 5: The sleep of reason produces monsters 6: Such tricks hath strong imagination 7: The lunatic, the lover and the poet 8: Civilization and its discontents 9: Staying sane Epilogue Further reading; References; IndexReviewslucid, imaginative unravelling of insanity The Scotsman 20/4/2002 [a] fascinating, pithy little book The Sunday Times Books [a] fascinating, lucid book BMJ ... written with wonderful lucidity and suggestiveness. Times Literary Supplement "`lucid, imaginative unravelling of insanity' The Scotsman 20/4/2002 `""[a] fascinating, pithy little book""' The Sunday Times Books `""[a] fascinating, lucid book""' BMJ `""... written with wonderful lucidity and suggestiveness.""' Times Literary Supplement" This fascinating, lucid book is surprisingly short, in view of the breadth and depth of information covered. --BMJ David Nettle has ... written a stimulating book which ... make[s] the very important point that a dimensional, rather than categorical, perspective is likely to be much more rewarding for psychiatry. --The London Times This fascinating, lucid book is surprisingly short, in view of the breadth and depth of information covered. --BMJ<br> David Nettle has ... written a stimulating book which ... make[s] the very important point that a dimensional, rather than categorical, perspective is likely to be much more rewarding for psychiatry. --The London Times<br> `lucid, imaginative unravelling of insanity' The Scotsman 20/4/2002 ` [a] fascinating, pithy little book ' The Sunday Times Books ` [a] fascinating, lucid book ' BMJ ` ... written with wonderful lucidity and suggestiveness. ' Times Literary Supplement Author InformationDaniel Nettle studied psychology at Oxford, before completing his PhD in Anthropology at University College London. In 1996 he was elected a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford. He has lectured in London, Oxford, Cambridge and Nigeria, and written widely across many areas of the human sciences. He is also active in the theatre. He lives in Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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