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Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of Transient Mental Illnesses

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ian HackingSeries:Page-Barbour LecturesPublish date:1998-11-03Pages:239
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Virginia PressISBN-13:9780813918235ISBN-10:813918235UPC:9780813918235Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, NeuropsychologySize:9.31 x 6.30 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCK1NCK3NE
"It all began one morning last July when we noticed a young man of twenty-six crying in his bed in Dr. Pitre's ward. He had just come from a long journey on foot and was exhausted, but that was not the cause of his tears. He wept because he could not prevent himself from departing on a trip when the need took him; he deserted family, work, and daily life to walk as fast as he could, straight ahead, sometimes doing 70 kilometers a day on foot, until in the end he would be arrested for vagrancy and thrown in prison." -Dr. Philippe Tissie, July 1886Thus begins the recorded case history of Albert Dadas, a native of France's Bordeaux region and the first diagnosed mad traveler, or fuguer. An occasional employee of a local gas company, Dadas suffered from a strange compulsion that led him to travel obsessively, often without identification, not knowing who he was or why he traveled. He became notorious for his extraordinary expeditions to such far-reaching spots as Algeria, Moscow, and Constantinople. Medical reports of Dadas set off at the time of a small epidemic of compulsive mad voyagers, the epicenter of which was Bordeaux, but which soon spread throughout France to Italy, Germany, and Russia.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Virginia PressISBN-13:9780813918235ISBN-10:813918235UPC:9780813918235Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, NeuropsychologySize:9.31 x 6.30 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCK1NCK3NE

Ian Hacking is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of a number of books, most recently Rewriting the Soul.


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