Wiki Page, Test Course: Week 5: The Neuron Doctrine/Perspectives on the history of madness

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The Neuron Doctrine Prof Max Bennett. The historical and philosophical context of describing neurons – 1836AD – 1897AD – Purkinje, Freud and Cajal.

Bennett MR. (1999) The early history of the synapse: from Plato to Sherrington. Brain Res Bull 50(2):95-118.

Bennett MR, Hacker PM. (2002) The motor system in neuroscience: a history and analysis of conceptual developments. Prog Neurobiol 67(1):1-52.

Perspectives on the history of madness Peter Hobbins. How have historians approached the history of madness? Is madness real or constituted through social relations? We critically discuss several perspectives, including the influential work of Michel Foucault.

Foucault M (1991) Experiences of madness. History of the human sciences 4(1)p1
DOI: 10.1177/095269519100400101.

Stevenson C, Cutcliffe J (2006) Problematizing special observation in psychiatry: Foucault, archaeology, genealogy, discourse and power/knowledge. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 13(6): 713–721.