ʻAșfūriyyeh : a history of madness, modernity, and war in the Middle East / Joelle M. Abi-Rached.
- Abi-Rached, Joelle M., 1979-
- Date:
- [2020]
- Books
About this work
Description
"How ʻAșfūriyyeh, one of the first modern psychiatric hospitals in the the Middle East, influenced the complex relationships between pathology and modernity in the region (and beyond)"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
Physical description
xxvii, 309 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series
Contributors
Contents
Introduction -- Oriental Madness and Civilization -- The Struggle for Influence and the Birth of Psychiatry -- The Rise of ʻAșfūriyyeh and the Decline of Missions -- Patriarchal Power and the Gospel of the Modern Care of Insanity -- The Downfall of ʻAșfūriyyeh and the Breakdown of the State -- The Politics of Health, Charity, and Sectarianism -- Epilogue.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Psychiatric hospitalsLebanonHistory
- Mental illnessTreatmentLebanonHistory
- Mental illnessLebanonHistory
- PsychiatryLebanonHistory
- Mental illnessTreatmentMiddle EastHistory
- Mental illnessMiddle EastHistory
- PsychiatryMiddle EastHistory
- Mental illnessTreatment
- Hospitals, Psychiatrichistory
- Mental Disorderstherapy
- Psychiatryhistory
- Lebanon
- Middle East
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicinePP.2932Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780262044745
- 0262044749