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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Radden J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8058925 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature