What is Madness?
$25.14
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
21 November 2012
Summary
The widely acclaimed author of The New Black returns with this brilliant exploration of madness.
What separates the sane from the mad? How can we tell them apart? And what if the difference is really between being mad and going mad?
In this landmark work, Darian Leader undermines common conceptions of madness. Through case studies like the apparently ‘normal’ Harold Shipman, he shows that madness rarely conforms to standard models. And by exploring the idea of quiet m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141047355 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141047356 |
| Author: | Darian Leader |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 21 November 2012 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
Engrossing and enlightening … Leader is as much a philosopher as a psychoanalyst * Metro *Fascinating, humane and timely … Leader forces us to rethink our assumptions about ‘mental health’ with a formidable grasp of psychiatric history and a storyteller’s flair for detail – Lisa Appignanesi * New Statesman *Witty, probing … A myth-busting diagnosis of the method in our madness * Independent *Wonderful * Bookseller *[Says] something that very much needs to be said * Irish Times *
About The Author
Darian Leader
Darian Leader is a psychoanalyst practising in London and a member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research and of The College of Psychoanalysts-UK. His books include:
- The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia and Depression
- Strictly Bipolar
- What is Madness?
- Why Can’t We Sleep?
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