Muses, madmen, and prophets : rethinking the history, science, and meaning of auditory hallucination / by Daniel B. Smith.

  • Smith, Daniel B., 1977-
Date:
2007
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Publication/Creation

New York : Penguin Press, 2007.

Physical description

xiii, 254 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references ([231]-242) and index.

Contents

Prelude : the pathological assumption -- The house of mirrors -- Noble automatons -- Interlude : listening -- The tyranny of meaning -- The soft-spoken god -- Enigmatical dictation -- Interlude : floating -- Personal deity : Socrates versus the state -- Digna vox : Joan of Arc versus the church -- Morbid offspring : Daniel Paul Schreber versus psychiatry -- Postlude : hearing voices.

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    History of Medicine
    RB.PX
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  • 9781594201103
  • 1594201102