Troubled by Faith: Insanity and the Supernatural in the Age of the Asylum

ISBN-13: 9780198873006 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 368 str.

Professor of Social Prof Owen (Professor of Social History

Recenzje

Troubled by Faith offers a rich and memorable examination of the supernatural in nineteenth-century culture. Physicians pathologized magical thinking, but the so-called delusions of asylum patients were rooted in broader societal currents. Combining meticulous research with incisive analysis, Owen Davies compels us to reflect on the madness inherent in modernity.

O autorze

Owen Davies is Professor of Social History at the University of Hertfordshire. He has written extensively on the history of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, religion, and popular medicine.