Trials of Passion: Crimes in the Name of Love and Madness Lisa - TopicsExpress



          

Trials of Passion: Crimes in the Name of Love and Madness Lisa Appignanesi in conversation with Dany Nobus 22 May 2014, 7pm In her latest book - Trials of Passion: Crimes in the Name of Love and Madness (Virago/Little Brown) - Lisa Appignanesi takes us into the theatre of the courtroom to witness the fascinating interplay between the law, which presupposes a person in the dock fully in charge of acts and understanding, the accused who may be derailed by passion or trapped in a delusional system, and judge, jury and the psychiatrists whose expertise as witnesses was founded on a knowledge of extreme emotion. She discusses crimes of passion and the rise of the forensic psychiatrist with Dany Nobus, psychoanalyst and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Brunel University...
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 10:30:01 +0000

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