{"product_id":"descent-of-madness-1","title":"Descent of Madness","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on evidence from across the behavioural and natural sciences, this book advances a radical new hypothesis: that madness exists as a costly consequence of the evolution of a sophisticated social brain in Homo sapiens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving explained the rationale for an evolutionary approach to psychosis, the author makes a case for psychotic illness in our living ape relatives, as well as in human ancestors. He then reviews existing evolutionary theories of psychosis, before introducing his own thesis: that the same genes causing madness are responsible for the evolution of our highly social brain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Burns’ novel Darwinian analysis of the importance of psychosis for human survival provides some meaning for this form of suffering. It also spurs us to a renewed commitment to changing our societies in a way that allows the mentally ill the opportunity of living. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Descent of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to those in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, sociology and anthropology, and is also accessible to the general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55021734789464,"sku":"9781583917435","price":46.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781583917435_4114807f-5d51-4546-8fbf-ec969f297220.jpg?v=1777959061","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/descent-of-madness-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}