Madness and psychiatry in Contemporary Spain. An approach from a historical and cultural perspective.
Authorship
J.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Cultural Sciences and Cultural Diffusion
J.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Cultural Sciences and Cultural Diffusion
Defense date
02.20.2025 11:30
02.20.2025 11:30
Summary
Madness has always existed, present in one form or another in the collective imagination. Nonetheless, its observation from a psychiatric point of view is framed in the transformations of the beginning of modernity. In Spain, as in other Western countries, the 20th century saw the consolidation of the discursive hegemony of psychiatry over madness. The historical analysis of these decades, characterised by political instability, an oppressive dictatorship and a democratic transition, can help us to understand how the so-called “mental disorders” are stigmatised, how the psychiatric system is based on a bio-medical model and how the two are related. In this degree dissertation, we will seek to approach the polymorphous conceptualisation of madness; the construction of the psychiatric discipline and its roots in the madhouse institution and the cultural treatment and understanding of the mad until the 70s. All of this from a historical and humanistic perspective, and starting from the premise that the studies of madness and psychiatry are founded around constant debates that continue to this day.
Madness has always existed, present in one form or another in the collective imagination. Nonetheless, its observation from a psychiatric point of view is framed in the transformations of the beginning of modernity. In Spain, as in other Western countries, the 20th century saw the consolidation of the discursive hegemony of psychiatry over madness. The historical analysis of these decades, characterised by political instability, an oppressive dictatorship and a democratic transition, can help us to understand how the so-called “mental disorders” are stigmatised, how the psychiatric system is based on a bio-medical model and how the two are related. In this degree dissertation, we will seek to approach the polymorphous conceptualisation of madness; the construction of the psychiatric discipline and its roots in the madhouse institution and the cultural treatment and understanding of the mad until the 70s. All of this from a historical and humanistic perspective, and starting from the premise that the studies of madness and psychiatry are founded around constant debates that continue to this day.
Direction
CABANA IGLESIA, ANA (Tutorships)
CABANA IGLESIA, ANA (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ SUAREZ, GONZALO FRANCISCO (Coordinator)
BALIÑAS PEREZ, JOSE CARLOS (Chairman)
DIAZ GEADA, ALBA (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ SUAREZ, GONZALO FRANCISCO (Member)
FERNANDEZ SUAREZ, GONZALO FRANCISCO (Coordinator)
BALIÑAS PEREZ, JOSE CARLOS (Chairman)
DIAZ GEADA, ALBA (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ SUAREZ, GONZALO FRANCISCO (Member)