Madness and Civilization
Madness and Civilization
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Summary
The distinguished French psychologist and philosopher Michel Foucault seeks to answer the question of madness and how to define it.
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Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault
In recent years the question of madness and how to define it has become the centre of a great deal of discussion. This is the question the distinguished French psychologist and philosopher Michel Foucault seeks to answer by studying madness from 1500 to 1800 - from the Middle Ages when insanity was considered part of everyday life and fools and madmen walked the streets, to the point when these people began to be considered a threat, asylums were built for the first time, and a wall was erected between the insane and the rest of humanity.
'Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization has been, without a shadow of a doubt, the most original, influential, and controversial text in this field during the last forty yearsIt remains as challenging now as on first publication.' - Roy Porter
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415040181 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415040183 |
| Title | Madness and Civilization |
| Author | Michel Foucault |
| Series | Routledge Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1971-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |