The book is currently out of stock
Madness and Enterprise
Psychiatry, Economic Reason, and the Emergence of Pathological Value
Authors
Book rating
More about the book
The book examines the intertwining of economic reasoning and psychiatric practices in the North Atlantic during the nineteenth century. It reveals how mental illness was evaluated through financial lenses, with certain disorders viewed as assets while others were seen as liabilities. By assessing patients' financial capabilities, psychiatrists navigated uncertainties about mental health. This shift not only transformed perceptions of value—blurring moral, medical, and economic distinctions—but also allowed madness to be conceptualized as an economic entity, offering potential for redemption and reverence.
Publication
Book purchase
Madness and Enterprise, Nima Bassiri
- Language
- Released
- 2024
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.
Payment methods
5.0
Excellent
2 Ratings
We’re missing your review here.
- Title
- Madness and Enterprise
- Subtitle
- Psychiatry, Economic Reason, and the Emergence of Pathological Value
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nima Bassiri
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 344
- ISBN13
- 9780226830872
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Rating
- 5 out of 5
- Description
- The book examines the intertwining of economic reasoning and psychiatric practices in the North Atlantic during the nineteenth century. It reveals how mental illness was evaluated through financial lenses, with certain disorders viewed as assets while others were seen as liabilities. By assessing patients' financial capabilities, psychiatrists navigated uncertainties about mental health. This shift not only transformed perceptions of value—blurring moral, medical, and economic distinctions—but also allowed madness to be conceptualized as an economic entity, offering potential for redemption and reverence.