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I began working on this book in 2013, but the ideas and experiences that led me to think about the issues in its pages go further back. In those years I have been influenced and inspired by far too many people to be able to mention them all here. I must begin by thanking the generous people who had shared their stories with me during my time as a clinician in London and as an ethnographer in the Dakhla Oasis of Egypt.
Special thanks to Derek Bolton and Werdie van Staden for their mentorship and friendship. I have learnt a lot from their knowledge of philosophy and psychiatry and from their wisdom—their keen sense of what is distinctive about our field and why it matters. Our discussions and collaborations along the years have certainly shaped my intellectual views and commitments.
Parts of this research were carried out while I was a research fellow at three institutions: the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at University College London; the Division of Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health at the University of Pretoria; the Department of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. I am grateful to my colleagues at these institutions for their engagement with, and feedback on, various presentations of my work. In particular, I would like to thank Tamar Garb, director of the IAS, for the stimulating research environment she had created at the Institute and for the opportunity to be part of it. I am also grateful to James Wilson for his guidance and support during my time at the IAS. Since 2008 I have been a member of a philosophy of psychiatry group composed of King’s College London alumni. On many occasions, I have had the opportunity to present my research and to discuss ideas with the group. Thank you for your valuable feedback. I would like to thank Werdie van Staden, Derek Bolton, and Rachel Bingham for reading and commenting upon parts of the manuscript. Special thanks to Chetan Kuloor and Amr Shalaby—they know why.
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