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Author:   Christopher Milnes
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   67
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367137229

ISBN 10:   0367137224
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   13 December 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction Part I: The Perception of Health 2. Frances Burney and the Loss and Restoration of Health Part II: The Misperception of Health 3. Mistakes, Disappointments and Shattered Ideals 4. Gods, Goodness and Going Back: Meanings and Values of Health 5. Rarities of Misperception: Freedom from Doubt 6. The Experts: Guides to the Perception and Misperception of Health Part III: The Misperceiving Other 7. Unreason: The Unhealthy Mind 8. Pleasure, Delirium and Hypochondria: When the ""Mad"" Misperceive Their Health 9. Fin de Siècle: Decadence, Degeneration and the Pleasures of Declining Health 10. Partial Insanity: Resemblances Between the ""Mad"" and the Sane 11. Addictive Medicine: Resemblances Between Oblivion and Restoration Part IV: Euphoria 12. A History of Euphoria 13. Cocaine, Hypnotism and Joyful Death: Sigmund Freud in Euphorie Part V: The Misperception of Well-Being 14. Fools and Monsters: A Sickness at Humanity’s Heart 15. Euphoria Obama: Cruel and Unusual Euphoria 16. Conclusion"

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Christopher Milnes is an early career scholar and History tutor based in London.

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