Madness and civilization : a history of insanity in the Age of Reason /
Language: English Original language: French Series: Routledge classicsPublication details: London : Routledge, 2001.Description: xiv, 282 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 0415255392
- 9780415255394
- 0415253853
- 9780415253857
- Folie et déraison. English
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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.
"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.
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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.