Book symposium on Historia polskiego szaleństwa
Avant, Vol. XI, No. 1
published under license CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Krystyna Bielecka 
University of Warsaw, Poland
kikab.gazeta.pl @ gmail.com
Published Online First 16 December 2019 Download full text
The following papers stem from the symposium on Mira Marcinów’s book Historia polskiego szaleństwa [History of Polish Madness], vol. I. The event was organized on June 6, 2018 in the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw and funded from the National Science Centre grant 2016/ 23/ D/ HS1/ 02205 (PI: Krystyna Bielecka).
While the book is only available in Polish, it may be of lively interest to the international community of scholars in the history of psychiatry and clinical psychology, and the history of ideas in general. However, the sheer length of the book makes its translation into English in the near future quite unlikely. Therefore, we decided that some of the crucial issues in the book could be simply discussed in English to give at least a preview of its richness to a wider audience. We hope it will contribute to the debate on the significance of the history of psychiatry to the current understanding of mental disorders.
The organizers of the symposium wish to thank the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, for hosting it, and for the speakers and participants for the lively discussion.
“Avant” journal – the task financed under the contract 711/P-DUN/2019 from the funds of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for the dissemination of science.
Czasopismo „Avant” – zadanie finansowane w ramach umowy 711/P-DUN/2019 ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.
