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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sarah L. SwedbergPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9781498573863ISBN 10: 149857386 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 15 December 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsIs liberty a natural right? Can it be abridged when an individual exhibits signs of mental illness-that is, madness? What then when a whole community descends into the political madness of revolution? After decades of intemperate behavior, can such intemperate people launch a successful, rational, self-governing republic? Can madness beget liberty? Does liberty beget madness? Sarah Swedberg's fascinating exploration of these questions results in an exciting new treatment of America's founding narrative. Exploiting the hazy line between madness as a disease and a fit of temper, between insanity as a diagnosis or a cultural metaphor, Swedberg analyzes this conundrum using the patients' own words in a dazzling new interpretation of the American experiment. Do not miss it. -- John Lauritz Larson, Purdue University We know that revolutionary Americans often described their world as one gone mad, but few scholars have dug as deeply as Sarah Swedberg to explicate the meaning of that phrase. At a time when security and peace depended on rational government and rational minds, madness posed an existential threat to both to the nation and the people who made up its citizenry. In lively prose grounded in rich research and original analysis, Swedberg masterfully interweaves political, intellectual, cultural, and medical history to show how Americans in the early republic understood insanity as a grave disease that could devastate both political and human bodies and minds. -- Shelby M. Balik, Metropolitan State University of Denver Author InformationSarah L. Swedberg is professor of history at Colorado Mesa University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |