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

by WaltraudErnst (Author), Waltraud Ernst (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2007

  $190.01

  Tackles the history of the terms normal and abnormal . This book features essays that explore these concepts from the perspectives of academic disciplines - ranging from art history to social history of medicine, literature, and anthropology. It also puts forward the ideas of philosophers such as Canguilhem, Foucault and others.