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Psychiatry in an Anthropological and Biomedical Context
G. Verwey
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Description for Psychiatry in an Anthropological and Biomedical Context
Paperback. Translator(s): Richards, L. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; MMH; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
In the period between about 1820 and about 1870 German psychiatry was born and reborn: fust as anthropologically orientated psychiatry and then as biomedical psychiatry. There has, to date, been virtually no systematic examination of the philosophical motives which determined these two conceptions of psychiatry. The aim of our study is to make up for this omission to the best of our ability. The work is aimed at a very diverse readership: in the first place historians of science (psychiatry, medicine, psychology, physiology) and psychiatrists (psychologists, physicians) with an interest in the philosophical and historical aspects of their discipline, and ... Read more
In the period between about 1820 and about 1870 German psychiatry was born and reborn: fust as anthropologically orientated psychiatry and then as biomedical psychiatry. There has, to date, been virtually no systematic examination of the philosophical motives which determined these two conceptions of psychiatry. The aim of our study is to make up for this omission to the best of our ability. The work is aimed at a very diverse readership: in the first place historians of science (psychiatry, medicine, psychology, physiology) and psychiatrists (psychologists, physicians) with an interest in the philosophical and historical aspects of their discipline, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the History of Modern Science
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401088060
SKU
V9789401088060
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Reviews for Psychiatry in an Anthropological and Biomedical Context
`For the reader interested in conceptions of what psychology might be, or in what historically has been thought to be rationally required to make psychology possible, this book is an invaluable resource. For the philosophical issues covered, it is an accurate and sensitive historical guide.' Medical History (April 1986)