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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

By Michel Foucault

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
1988
ISBN
067972110X, 9780679721109
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8046299 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
320\316
Time added
2020-08-16 18:35:14

Description

Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the "insane" and the rest of humanity. Cover Title Page Copyright Introduction (Jose Barchilon, M.D.) Preface (Foucault) CONTENTS I. ''Stultifera Navis" Notes II. The Great Confinement Notes III. The Insane Notes IV. Passion and Delirium Notes V. Aspects of Madness Mania & Melancholia Hysteria & Hypochondria Notes VI. Doctors and Patients Notes VII. The Great Fear Notes VIII. The New Division Notes IX. The Birth of the Asylum Notes Conclusion Notes

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