Article ID: CBB150396997

ʿAṣfūriyyeh: A History of Madness, Modernity, and War in the Middle East (2021)

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My book, published in 2020, reconstructs the history of ʿAṣfūriyyeh, one of the first ‘modern’ mental hospitals in the Middle East. It uses the rise and fall of this institution as a lens through which to examine the development of modern psychiatric theory and practice in the region as well as the socio-political history of modern Lebanon. ʿAṣfūriyyeh becomes a window into social-policy questions relating to dependency and welfare, definitions of deviance, the relation of mission to empire, state-building processes, and the relation of medical authority to religion. The book also examines the impact of war on health and healthcare infrastructures. Reflecting on the afterlife of this and other institutions, the book calls for a new ‘ethics of memory.’

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Authors & Contributors
Silvano, Giovanni
Abi-Rached, Joelle M.
Maieron, Mario Augusto
Dell'Osso, Liliana
Pierangelo Di Vittorio
Colucci, Mario
Concepts
Psychiatry
Psychiatric hospitals
Medicine and politics
Public health
Medicine
Medicine and society
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
18th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Italy
France
Lebanon
Bahia (Brazil)
Paris (France)
Syria
Institutions
Universität Zürich
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