Book Review

Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927

Volume: 2 Number: 1 June 18, 2022
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Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927

Abstract

This book review examines Fatih Artvinli’s Madness, Politics, and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927, which offers a crucial perspective on the history of psychiatry in Turkey. Artvinli wants to shed light on the political and social history of an empire that was in an effort to modernize by examining the institutional history of Toptaşı Bimarhanesi, which was one of the essential mental hospitals in the last period of the Ottoman Empire. The Mental Hospital, which was established as a product of the modernization process, had a leading role in the adoption of modern psychiatry understanding and methods, from keeping records of people with mental illness to methods of their treatment in the Ottoman Empire, Although Toptaşı Bimarhanesi was transferred to Bakırköy in 1926 as a result of the structural problems of the institution, the psychiatry discourse and practices adopted by it continued to exist within the new institution. Thus, Toptaşı Bimarhanesi has a critical role in shaping the psychiatry understanding of the new regime. This book review claims that despite some limitations, Artvinli’s work makes an important contribution to the literature by presenting a critical perspective, unlike the dominant linear and progressive historiography in Turkey.

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References

  1. Artvinli, Fatih (2017). Delilik, Siyaset ve Toplum: Toptaşı Bimarhanesi 1873-1927. İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Book Review

Publication Date

June 18, 2022

Submission Date

March 28, 2022

Acceptance Date

May 5, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Bozkurt, O. (2022). Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927. YAZIT Kültür Bilimleri Dergisi, 2(1), 154-158. https://doi.org/10.29228/yazitdergisi.11
AMA
1.Bozkurt O. Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927. YAZIT Kültür Bilimleri Dergisi. 2022;2(1):154-158. doi:10.29228/yazitdergisi.11
Chicago
Bozkurt, Ozancan. 2022. “Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927”. YAZIT Kültür Bilimleri Dergisi 2 (1): 154-58. https://doi.org/10.29228/yazitdergisi.11.
EndNote
Bozkurt O (June 1, 2022) Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927. YAZIT Kültür Bilimleri Dergisi 2 1 154–158.
IEEE
[1]O. Bozkurt, “Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927”, YAZIT Kültür Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 154–158, June 2022, doi: 10.29228/yazitdergisi.11.
ISNAD
Bozkurt, Ozancan. “Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927”. YAZIT Kültür Bilimleri Dergisi 2/1 (June 1, 2022): 154-158. https://doi.org/10.29228/yazitdergisi.11.
JAMA
1.Bozkurt O. Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927. YAZIT Kültür Bilimleri Dergisi. 2022;2:154–158.
MLA
Bozkurt, Ozancan. “Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927”. YAZIT Kültür Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2022, pp. 154-8, doi:10.29228/yazitdergisi.11.
Vancouver
1.Ozancan Bozkurt. Madness, Politics and Society: Toptaşı Asylum 1873-1927. YAZIT Kültür Bilimleri Dergisi. 2022 Jun. 1;2(1):154-8. doi:10.29228/yazitdergisi.11

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