Since the time of Hippocrates, madness has typically been viewed through the lens of disease, dysfunction, and defect. In Madness , philosopher of science Justin Garson presents a radically different paradigm for conceiving of madness and the forms that it takes. In this paradigm, which he calls madness-as-strategy , madness is neither a disease nor a defect, but a designed feature , like the heart or lungs. The book will be essential reading for philosophers of medicine and psychiatry, historians and sociologists of ...
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Since the time of Hippocrates, madness has typically been viewed through the lens of disease, dysfunction, and defect. In Madness , philosopher of science Justin Garson presents a radically different paradigm for conceiving of madness and the forms that it takes. In this paradigm, which he calls madness-as-strategy , madness is neither a disease nor a defect, but a designed feature , like the heart or lungs. The book will be essential reading for philosophers of medicine and psychiatry, historians and sociologists of medicine, and mental health service users, survivors, and activists, for its alternative and liberating vision of what it means to be mad.
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