The Birth and Social Role of the Psychological Sciences: A Comparative Historical Perspective
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SummaryTaxonomical terms like depression, schizophrenia, neurosis, and psychosis, among many others, are today wielded with ease by doctors and are readily accepted by patients. While they are thought to be scientifically objective qualifications, a crucial examination of the social context of their use demonstrates something altogether different.
Table of Contents
- The behavior of persons whose conduct differs from that of their fellows
- Before the coming of the "psychological age,"
- When ‘Disease' Became Equated with Sin
- The Leper, the Church and Society
- The Heretic
- The Temptation of St. Anthony
- Concluding Remarks
- Holders of a Supposed Universal Truth
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