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Madness and death in philosophy
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ISBN: 0791483568 1423743962 9781423743965 0791463931 9780791463932 9780791483565 9780791483565 Year: 2005 Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press,

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Ferit Güven illuminates the historically constitutive roles of madness and death in philosophy by examining them in the light of contemporary discussions of the intersection of power and knowledge and ethical relations with the other. Historically, as Güven shows, philosophical treatments of madness and death have limited or subdued their disruptive quality. Madness and death are linked to the question of how to conceptualize the unthinkable, but Güven illustrates how this conceptualization results in a reduction to positivity of the very radical negativity these moments represent. Tracing this problematic through Plato, Hegel, Heidegger, and, finally, in the debate on madness between Foucault and Derrida, Güven gestures toward a nonreducible, disruptive form of negativity, articulated in Heidegger's critique of Hegel and Foucault's engagement with Derrida, that might allow for the preservation of real otherness and open the possibility of a true ethics of difference.

The uses of psychiatry in the law : a clinical view of forensic psychiatry
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ISBN: 0899300006 9780899300009 Year: 1979 Publisher: Westport (Conn.): Quorum

L'homme fou
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ISBN: 213046162X 9782130461623 Year: 1994 Volume: 2 Publisher: Paris : Presses universitaires de France,

Inactualité de la folie
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ISBN: 2738477267 9782738477262 Year: 1999 Volume: *1 Publisher: Paris Montréal L'Harmattan


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The insanity defence : international and comparative perspectives
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ISBN: 0191888990 0192597183 Year: 2022 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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The Insanity Defence provides an essential comparative perspective on the theory and practice of the insanity defence in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. It is a companion volume to Fitness to Plead (OUP 2018) by the same editors and is written and edited by a team of leading experts in the field.

Emotion and insanity
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ISBN: 1136299599 1138874922 131500903X 1136299521 0415209358 1299812473 Year: 1926 Publisher: London : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.,

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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


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Murder and Madness on Trial : A Tale of True Crime from Early Modern Bologna
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ISBN: 0271096004 Year: 2023 Publisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press,

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On October 24, 1588, Paolo Barbieri murdered his wife, Isabella Caccianemici, stabbing her to death with his sword. Later, Paolo would claim to have acted in a fit of madness-but was he criminally insane or merely pretending to be? In this riveting book, Mònica Calabritto addresses this controversy by reconstructing Paolo's life, prosecution, and medical diagnoses.Skillfully combining archival documents unearthed throughout Italy, Calabritto brings to light the case of one person and his family as insanity ravaged their financial security, honor, and reputation. The very notion of insanity is as much on trial in Paolo's case as the defendant himself. A case study in the diagnosis of insanity in the early modern era, Barbieri's story reveals discrepancies between medical and legal definitions of a person's mental state at the time of a crime. Murder and Madness on Trial bridges the micro-historical dimensions of Paolo's murder case and the macro-historical perspectives on medical and legal evidence used to identify intermittent madness.A tragic and gripping tale, Murder and Madness on Trial allows readers to look "through a glass darkly" at early modern violence, madness, criminal justice, medical and legal expertise, and the construction and circulation of news. This erudite and engaging book will appeal to early modern historians and true crime fans alike.

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