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Heather Murray, "Asylum Ways of Seeing: Psychiatric Patients, American Thought and Culture" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2022)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Resignation and the Philosophy of Suffering

This chapter examines the idea of resignation in mental health, highlighting its historical and cultural significance. It critiques the perception of mental illness as an incurable condition, while exploring the philosophical implications associated with feelings of powerlessness.

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