Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution
Download or Read eBook Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution PDF written by Sarah L. Swedberg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Sarah L. Swedberg |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 277 |
| Release | : 2020-12-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781498573870 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1498573878 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution by : Sarah L. Swedberg
Book excerpt: In Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution, Sarah L. Swedberg examines how conceptions of mental illness intersected with American society, law, and politics during the early American Republic. Swedberg illustrates how concerns about insanity raised difficult questions about the nature of governance. Revolutionaries built the American government based on rational principles, but could not protect it from irrational actors that they feared could cause the body politic to grow mentally or physically ill. This book is recommended for students and scholars of history, political science, legal studies, sociology, literature, psychology, and public health.
