A history of euphoria the perception and misperception of health and well-being / Christopher Milnes.

Author/creator Milnes, Christopher
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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SeriesRoutledge studies in cultural history ; 67
Contents Frances Burney and the loss and restoration of health -- Mistakes, disappointments, and shattered ideals -- Gods, goodness, and going back : meanings and values of health -- Rarities of misperception : freedom from doubt -- The experts : guides to the perception and misperception of health -- Unreason : the unhealthy mind -- Pleasure, delirium, and hypochondria : when the "mad" misperceive their health -- Fin de si©·cle : decadence, degeneration, and the pleasures of declining health -- Partial insanity : resemblances between the "mad" and the sane -- Addictive medicine : resemblances between oblivion and restoration -- A history of euphoria -- Cocaine, hypnotism, and joyful death : Sigmund Freud in euphorie -- Fools and monsters : a sickness at humanity's heart -- Euphoria Obama : cruel and unusual euphoria.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Milnes, Christopher, History of euphoria New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. 9780367137229
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LCCN 2018046880
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ISBN9780429028298 (ebook)
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