| Edition |
First Free Press hardcover edition. |
| Physical description |
xix, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
"The Truman Show delusion and other strange beliefs"--Jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE SLEEP OF REASON -- 1.A Short History of Madness -- Tames Tilly Matthews: The Air Loom -- Donald: Depression and Damnation -- Louis: Hell on Earth -- 2.One Hundred Years of Delusion -- Friedrich Krauss: A Hot Metal Disk -- Ruby: All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go -- How Does It Feel? -- Truman Revisited -- David: Unreality Show -- Lori: Charley's Mom -- Ethan: The Otherness of Other People -- pt. II THE SOCIAL LIFE OF MADNESS -- 3.The Madding Crowd -- Samir: Poking Around the Brain -- Jada: Very Pregnant -- Jane: The Queen -- 4.Hell Is Other People -- John: The Academic -- Do Delusions Foster Violence? -- Calvin: Othello in New York -- 5.Belief Unhinged -- Simone: The Pope -- When Life Imitates Art -- Lawrence: Artificial Intelligence -- 6.Beyond Belief -- Benjamin: Misperceptions -- Benjamin: Building Trust -- Kevin: The Olympian. |
| Summary |
"Combining extraordinary true stories with the latest research, Joel and Ian Gold take us on a wild journey through the delusional brain to explore the intersection of neuroscience, biology, and culture"-- |
| Other author |
Gold, Ian, 1962-
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| Subject |
Cultural psychiatry.
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Social psychiatry.
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Mental illness.
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| Variant Title |
How culture shapes madness. |
| ISBN |
9781439181553 (hardback) |
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1439181551 (hardback) |
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