Secret Madmen of the Russian Empire of the 18th Century
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Secret Madmen of the Russian Empire of the 18th Century
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In recent decades, the phenomenon of insanity has received considerable attention in the social and humanitarian sciences. However, there have been virtually no major works devoted to this topic in the context of the history of Russia in the New Age.
The book by Alexander Kamensky is one of the first studies to fill this significant gap. The monograph is based on a set of documents from the political investigation agencies in the Russian Empire — the Preobrazhensky Prikaz, the Chancellery of Secret and Investigative Affairs, and its successor — the Secret Expedition of the Governing Senate. The author shows how attitudes toward mental illness changed throughout the 18th century, their interpretation was revised, and practices for treating the mentally ill were formed. The historian focuses on the causes of mental illness, the forms in which they manifest themselves, and the reflection of historical events in the minds of the mentally ill. The study of the investigative files of more than three hundred men and women, representatives of different social strata, who committed political offenses over the course of a century, allows the author to clarify and correct a number of established historiographic positions on the work of state institutions and their attitude toward insanity, as well as to identify the peculiarities of Russian practices in comparison with those adopted in other countries of that time.
The book by Alexander Kamensky is one of the first studies to fill this significant gap. The monograph is based on a set of documents from the political investigation agencies in the Russian Empire — the Preobrazhensky Prikaz, the Chancellery of Secret and Investigative Affairs, and its successor — the Secret Expedition of the Governing Senate. The author shows how attitudes toward mental illness changed throughout the 18th century, their interpretation was revised, and practices for treating the mentally ill were formed. The historian focuses on the causes of mental illness, the forms in which they manifest themselves, and the reflection of historical events in the minds of the mentally ill. The study of the investigative files of more than three hundred men and women, representatives of different social strata, who committed political offenses over the course of a century, allows the author to clarify and correct a number of established historiographic positions on the work of state institutions and their attitude toward insanity, as well as to identify the peculiarities of Russian practices in comparison with those adopted in other countries of that time.
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