'Mad agency', reflections on Goya's 'The Madhouse'

Jennifer Radden
2021 BJPsych Bulletin  
We must remain open to revising and expanding the important but incompletely understood philosophical categories of agency and responsibility in light of what can be learned from atypical states and behaviour. A reflection on images - here, Goya's great Madhouse scene, and photographs of Mad Pride events since the 1980s - is shown to provide assistance towards this end.
doi:10.1192/bjb.2020.119 pmid:33504389 pmcid:PMC8058925 fatcat:tpgprucbtnb55kw6oc533ps4ry