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Sanity & Madness

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/8/26 - 12/11/26
MoWeFr 11a.m. – 11:50a.m.		 Wheatley-Peters W01-0005 3 $2138 (guest students)
Date
9/8/26 - 12/11/26
Time
MoWeFr 11a.m. – 11:50a.m.
Location
Wheatley-Peters W01-0005
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2138 (guest students)

Description

This course looks at a number of questions about insanity or "madness": What it is like, how it should be described and regarded, therapeutic and curative responses to it, and what special treatment-if any-its sufferers deserve. We pay particular attention to the claims of the so-called "anti-psychiatry" movement, to Foucault and contemporary post-modernist writing, and to feminist analyses of the relation between madness and gender.

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/8/2026 - 12/11/2026

Location

Wheatley-Peters W01-0005

General Ed Requirements

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Enrolled / Capacity

36 / 36

Status

Closed

Instructor

Dana Miranda

Tuition*

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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