ʻAșfūriyyeh : a history of madness, modernity, and war in the Middle East / Joelle M. Abi-Rached.

  • Abi-Rached, Joelle M., 1979-
Date:
[2020]
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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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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    History of Medicine
    PP.2932
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ISBN

  • 9780262044745
  • 0262044749