My Madness Saved Me: The Madness and Marriage of Virginia WoolfRoutledge, 02/12/2017 - 169 páginas "The vast literature on Virginia Woolf's life, work, and marriage falls into two groups. A large majority is certain that she was mentally ill, and a small minority is equally certain that she was not mentally ill but was misdiagnosed by psychiatrists. In this daring exploration of Woolf's life and work, Thomas Szasz--famed for his radical critique of psychiatric concepts, coercions, and excuses--examines the evidence and rejects both views. Instead, he looks at how Virginia Woolf, as well as her husband Leonard, used the concept of madness and the profession of psychiatry to manage and manipulate their own and each other's lives.Do we explain achievement when we attribute it to the fictitious entity we call ""genius""? Do we explain failure when we attribute it to the fictitious entity we call ""madness""? Or do we deceive ourselves the same way that the person deceives himself when he attributes the easy ignition of hydrogen to its being ""flammable""? Szasz interprets Virginia Woolf's life and work as expressions of her character, and her character as the ""product"" of her free will. He offers this view as a corrective against the prevailing, ostensibly scientific view that attributes both her ""madness"" and her ""genius"" to biological-genetic causes. We tend to attribute exceptional achievement to genius, and exceptional failure to madness. Both, says Szasz, are fictitious entities." |
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The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf Thomas Szasz. “My Madness Saved Me” The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf Thomas Szasz R Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK.
The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf Thomas Szasz. “My Madness Saved Me” The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf Thomas Szasz R Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK.
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The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf Thomas Szasz. R Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2006 by Transaction Publishers Published 2017 by Routledge.
The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf Thomas Szasz. R Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2006 by Transaction Publishers Published 2017 by Routledge.
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... York , NY 10017 , USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group , an informa business Copyright © 2006 by Taylor & Francis . All rights reserved . No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form ...
... York , NY 10017 , USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group , an informa business Copyright © 2006 by Taylor & Francis . All rights reserved . No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form ...
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... York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1977-80 ) . Cited as Diary . Woolf , V. , The Letters of Virginia Woolf , edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann ( 6 vols .; New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1975-80 ) . Cited as Letters ...
... York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1977-80 ) . Cited as Diary . Woolf , V. , The Letters of Virginia Woolf , edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann ( 6 vols .; New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1975-80 ) . Cited as Letters ...
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... York in 1855 , and became a priest in 1859 . However , he lost his faith , or rather , as he said , “ discovered that he never had any . " In 1864 , he declared that he was an agnostic and lost his tutorship at Cambridge . In 1867 ...
... York in 1855 , and became a priest in 1859 . However , he lost his faith , or rather , as he said , “ discovered that he never had any . " In 1864 , he declared that he was an agnostic and lost his tutorship at Cambridge . In 1867 ...
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