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Finding the Folklore in the Annals of Psychiatry
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Owen Davies talks about folklore in early psychiatry
About this event
Professor Owen Davies (University of Hertfordshire) will give his first lecture as President of The Folklore Society on Tuesday 12 October from 17:30-18:30.
Finding the Folklore in the Annals of Psychiatry
Before psychoanalysts delved into the realm of fairy-tales during the twentieth century, early psychiatrists had been busy analysing and diagnosing a range of folklore beliefs. They considered the belief in fairies, witches, ghosts, and devils to be archaic and intellectually redundant. In their quest to pathologize such popular beliefs in the supernatural, they turned up fascinating new data for folklore scholars today. They also reinforced problematic notions of human progress that were perpetuated by early folklorists.