This volume reconstructs Carlo Livi (1823-1877)’s biography, focusing on his medical and psychiatric work and on his path as a man and intellectual who lived during the Italian Risorgimento. Livi was a key figure in Italian psychiatry, halfway between the therapeutic optimism of the early 19th century and the pessimism of post-Darwinian psychiatry, both in the practical aspects and in the theoretical elaboration. The study highlights how, in this case, the moral treatment applied by 19th century psychiatry throughout Europe is linked to the events of the Italian Risorgimento. The moralizing and educational request, as well as the anthropological study of the human being, were aimed at the sick, the insane, at children, at criminals and the Italian people in order to carry out a national and secular project of social regeneration in Italy.
Book Title
L'uomo tutto intero
Book Subtitle
Biografia di Carlo Livi, psichiatra dell'Ottocento
Authors
Martina Starnini
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
414
Publication Year
2018
Copyright Information
© 2018 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-791-7
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-790-0
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-791-7
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-080-9
Series Title
Premio Tesi di Dottorato
Series ISSN
2612-8039
Series E-ISSN
2612-8020