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ʻAṣfūriyyeh: A History of Madness, Modernity, and War in the Middle East

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Culture and PsychiatryPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2020Description: 309 p., ill.; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780262044745
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Contents:
Oriental Madness and Civilization -- The Struggle for Influence and the Birth of Psychiatry -- The Rise of ʻAṣfūriyyeh and the Decline of Missions -- Patriarchal Power and The Gospel of the Modern Care of Insanity -- The Downfall of ʻAṣfūriyyeh and the Breakdown of the State -- The Politics of Health, Charity, and Sectarianism.
Summary: "How ʻAṣfūriyyeh, one of the first modern psychiatric hospitals in the the Middle East, influenced the complex relationships between pathology and modernity in the region (and beyond)"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library Main Library - 0.01 G 880 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G 880

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Oriental Madness and Civilization -- The Struggle for Influence and the Birth of Psychiatry -- The Rise of ʻAṣfūriyyeh and the Decline of Missions -- Patriarchal Power and The Gospel of the Modern Care of Insanity -- The Downfall of ʻAṣfūriyyeh and the Breakdown of the State -- The Politics of Health, Charity, and Sectarianism.

"How ʻAṣfūriyyeh, one of the first modern psychiatric hospitals in the the Middle East, influenced the complex relationships between pathology and modernity in the region (and beyond)"-- Provided by publisher.

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