Histories of the Normal and the Abnormal: Social and Cultural Histories of Norms and Normativity (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine) - Softcover

Book 18 of 35: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

Ernst, Waltraud

 
9780415648325: Histories of the Normal and the Abnormal: Social and Cultural Histories of Norms and Normativity (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415648327 ISBN 13: 9780415648325
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

This fascinating volume tackles the history of the terms 'normal' and 'abnormal'. Originally meaning 'as occurring in nature', normality has taken on significant cultural gravitas and this book recognizes and explores that fact.

The essays engage with the concepts of the normal and the abnormal from the perspectives of a variety of academic disciplines – ranging from art history to social history of medicine, literature, and science studies to sociology and cultural anthropology. The contributors use as their conceptual anchors the works of moral and political philosophers such as Canguilhem, Foucault and Hacking, as well as the ideas put forward by sociologists including Durkheim and Illich.

With contributions from a range of scholars across differing disciplines, this book will have a broad appeal to students in many areas of history.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Waltraud Ernst

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415648327
ISBN 13 
9780415648325
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780415368438: Histories of the Normal and the Abnormal: Social and Cultural Histories of Norms and Normativity: 26 (Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  041536843X ISBN 13:  9780415368438
Publisher: Routledge, 2007
Hardcover