Alien Landscapes? - Interpreting Disordered Minds

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Glover is Professor of Ethics at the School of Law, King’s College London. Klappentext Do people with mental disorders share enough psychology with other people to make human interpretation possible? Jonathan Glover tackles the hard cases¿violent criminals, people with delusions, autism, schizophreniäto answer affirmatively. He offers values linked with agency and identity to guide how the boundaries of psychiatry should be drawn. Zusammenfassung Do people with mental disorders share enough psychology with other people to make human interpretation possible? Jonathan Glover tackles the hard cases—violent criminals, people with delusions, autism, schizophrenia—to answer affirmatively. He offers values linked with agency and identity to guide how the boundaries of psychiatry should be drawn.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Glover, Glover Jonathan
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2014
• EAN: 9780674368361
• ISBN: 978-0-674-36836-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Psychiatry, Abnormal psychology