Reasoning Against Madness: Psychiatry And The State In Rio De Janeiro, 1830-1944 (rochester Studies In Medical History)
by Manuella Meyer /
2017 / English / PDF
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Reasoning Against Madness: Psychiatry and the State in Rio de
Janeiro, 1830-1944
Reasoning Against Madness: Psychiatry and the State in Rio de
Janeiro, 1830-1944 examines the emergence of Brazilian
psychiatry, looking at how its practitioners fashioned themselves
as the key architects in the project of national regeneration. The
book's narrative involves a cast of varied characters in an
unstable context: psychiatrists, Catholic representatives,
spiritist leaders, state officials, and the mentally ill, all
caught in the shifting landscape of modern state formation.
examines the emergence of Brazilian
psychiatry, looking at how its practitioners fashioned themselves
as the key architects in the project of national regeneration. The
book's narrative involves a cast of varied characters in an
unstable context: psychiatrists, Catholic representatives,
spiritist leaders, state officials, and the mentally ill, all
caught in the shifting landscape of modern state formation.
Manuella Meyer investigates the key junctures at which
psychiatrists sought to establish their authority and the ways in
which their adversaries challenged this authority. These moments
serve as productive points from which to explore the moral and
political economies of mental health, demonstrating how
socio-political negotiations shape psychiatric professionalization.
Meyer argues that the gradual adoption of punitive configurations
of insanity helped sanction socioeconomic and political
inequalities during a time of rapid socioeconomic, political, and
cultural transformation.
Manuella Meyer investigates the key junctures at which
psychiatrists sought to establish their authority and the ways in
which their adversaries challenged this authority. These moments
serve as productive points from which to explore the moral and
political economies of mental health, demonstrating how
socio-political negotiations shape psychiatric professionalization.
Meyer argues that the gradual adoption of punitive configurations
of insanity helped sanction socioeconomic and political
inequalities during a time of rapid socioeconomic, political, and
cultural transformation.
