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Mad travelers : reflections...
Mad travelers : reflections on the reality of transient mental illnesses
University Press of Virginia 1998

Albert Dadas suffered from a strange compulsion that led him to travel obsessively, often without identification, not knowing who he was or why he traveled. Medical reports of Dadas set off at the time a small epidemic of compulsive mad voyagers, the epicenter of which was Bordeaux but which soon spread throughout France to Italy, Germany, and Russia. Today we are besieged by mental illnesses of the moment, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The debate rages about which of these conditions are affectations or cultural artifacts and which are "real." In Mad Travelers, Ian Hacking uses the Dadas case to weigh the legitimacy of cultural influences versus physical symptoms in the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. He argues that psychological symptoms find stable homes at a given place and time, in "ecological niches" where transient illnesses flourish. Using the records of Philippe Tissie, Dadas's physician, Hacking attempts to make sense of this strange epidemic. While telling his fascinating tale, he raises probing questions about the nature of the mental disorders, the cultural repercussions of their diagnosis, and the relevance of this century-old case study for today's overanalyzed society

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Título:
Mad travelers : reflections on the reality of transient mental illnesses / Ian Hacking
Editorial:
Charlottesville, Va. : University Press of Virginia, 1998
Descripción física:
1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps
Nota general:
"Page-Barbour lectures for 1997."
Bibliografía:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index
Contenido:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The first fugueur -- 2. Hysteria or epilepsy -- 3. Niches -- 4. Five questions, five answers -- Supplements ; 1. What ailed Albert? ; 2. The wandering Jew ; 3. Wandertrieb in Germany -- Documents ; 1. Albert's tale (1872-May 1886) ; 2. Albert observed (June 1886-February 1887) ; 3. Dreams (May 1887-September 1889) ; 4. A pathogenic dream (1892) ; 5. Experiments (1888, 1893) ; 6. Epilogue (1907) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Lengua:
English
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ISBN:
0585120943 ( electronic bk.)
9780585120942 ( electronic bk.)
9780813918235 ( electronic bk.)
0813918235 ( electronic bk.)
0813918235 ( acid-free paper)
9780813929101
0813929105
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Print version: Hacking, Ian. Mad travelers., Charlottesville, Va. : University Press of Virginia, 1998 0813918235 (DLC) 98020894 (OCoLC)38976248

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