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Madness and civilization : a history of insanity in the Age of Reason /

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: French Series: Routledge classicsPublication details: London : Routledge, 2001.Description: xiv, 282 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0415255392
  • 9780415255394
  • 0415253853
  • 9780415253857
Uniform titles:
  • Folie et déraison. English
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Contents:
"Stultifera navis" -- The great confinement -- The insane -- Passion and delirium -- Aspects of madness -- Doctors and patients -- The great fear -- The new division -- The birth of the asylum.
Summary: This text is a classic of French post-structuralist scholarship and is widely recommended on humanities courses across a variety of disciplines. Foucault's analysis of psychology is a devastating critique of the common understanding of insanity.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General B 2430 FOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0010215

Originally published in Great Britain: Tavistock Publications, 1967.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Stultifera navis" -- The great confinement -- The insane -- Passion and delirium -- Aspects of madness -- Doctors and patients -- The great fear -- The new division -- The birth of the asylum.

This text is a classic of French post-structuralist scholarship and is widely recommended on humanities courses across a variety of disciplines. Foucault's analysis of psychology is a devastating critique of the common understanding of insanity.

Translation of: Folie et déraison : histoire de la folie. Librairie Plon, 1961.

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