Melancholic Habits: Burton's Anatomy & the Mind Sciences

Author:   Jennifer Radden (, University of Massachusetts, Boston)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780199348190


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   05 January 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jennifer Radden (, University of Massachusetts, Boston)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 14.20cm
Weight:   1.270kg
ISBN:  

9780199348190


ISBN 10:   0199348197
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   05 January 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction Chapter 1: Embodied Mentality Chapter 2: Imagination Queen of the Mental Powers Chapter 3: Symptom, Disease, Cause Chapter 4: Between the Confines of Sense and Reason Chapter 5: The Akratic Melancholic Chapter 6: When Reason Is Also Corrupted Chapter 7: Who Labors Not of This Disease? Chapter 8: Remedies Chapter 9: From the Anatomy to the Clinic and Lab Bibliography Index

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Jennifer Radden is a Professor emerita of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She received degrees in philosophy and psychology and holds a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford. She has published extensively on mental health concepts, the history of medicine, and ethical and policy aspects of psychiatric theory and practice.

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