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INFIDELS: MADNESS,MYTH & MISTAKEN IDENTITY

INFIDELS: MADNESS,MYTH & MISTAKEN IDENTITY

There is in the “mythology of madness” the oft repeated story of radical therapy effect by Phillipe Pinel when he released the madmen and madwomen from their chains in Bicetre and Salpetriere hospitals in Paris in 1794....

TURN ON, TUNE IN, AND DROP OUT?

TURN ON, TUNE IN, AND DROP OUT?

According to the “knowability thesis,” every truth is knowable.Frederic Fitch’s paradox refutes the knowability thesis by showing that if we are not omniscient, then not only are some truths not known, but there are some truths that...

GOLDEN GEESE IN THE CUCKOO’S NEST

GOLDEN GEESE IN THE CUCKOO’S NEST

The scope and character of the pensions bourgeoises – renamed maisons de santé early in the Revolution – changed dramatically following the passage of the Law of Suspects in September 1793. This legislation called for the creation...

STAYING MELLOW YELLOW: WHERE TO GO IN CASE OF A REIGN OF TERROR

STAYING MELLOW YELLOW: WHERE TO GO IN CASE OF A REIGN OF TERROR

In 1793, France’s smart set checked into a “hospital” on the rue de Charone, where, for a paltry $50,000 a month, they could drink champagne, play cards, and discuss the current theatre. …The script for the Reign...

CASEY AT THE PLATE: BATTER UP IN BABYLON

CASEY AT THE PLATE: BATTER UP IN BABYLON

Gambling, like pornography, has somehow arranged itself to be completely normalized; an integral element in our service based economy. It is still on the margins of acceptable discourse at the Sunday family supper, sort of doing a...

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