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How madness shaped history : an eccentric array of maniacal rulers, raving narcissists, and psychotic visionaries / Christopher Ferguson.
Publisher: [Amherst] ; Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2020]Description: 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781633885745
- 1633885747
- (hardcover)
- (hardcover)
- (ebook)
- RC 438 .F47 2020
Contents:
Summary: "This book considers the impact of psychology on world events, looking at how mental illness and personality disorders have affected history"--
Introduction -- Introduction: Mad as a hatter -- Madness, mental illness, and insanity -- Deviance of the personality -- Madness of the monarch -- When God speaks: madness and faith -- Madness on the commune -- Madness among the 1 percent -- When the mind goes: dementia among the ruling class -- Madness as a political football -- Madness of the masses -- Madness in the future -- Notes -- Bibliography
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | RC 438 .F47 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5194773 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Introduction: Mad as a hatter -- Madness, mental illness, and insanity -- Deviance of the personality -- Madness of the monarch -- When God speaks: madness and faith -- Madness on the commune -- Madness among the 1 percent -- When the mind goes: dementia among the ruling class -- Madness as a political football -- Madness of the masses -- Madness in the future -- Notes -- Bibliography
"This book considers the impact of psychology on world events, looking at how mental illness and personality disorders have affected history"--
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