Madness and civilization : a history of insanity in the Age of Reason
by
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Title
:
Madness and civilization : a history of insanity in the Age of Reason
Author
:
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
ISBN
:
9780415255394
9780415253857
Personal Author
:
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Uniform Title
:
Folie et déraison. English
Publication Information
:
London : Routledge, 2001.
Physical Description
:
xiv, 282 pages ; 20 cm.
Series
:
Routledge classics
Routledge classics.
General Note
:
Originally published in Great Britain: Tavistock Publications, 1967.
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.
Abstract
:
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.
Subject Term
:
Psychiatry -- History.
Mental illness.
Mental illness. (OCoLC)fst01016547
Psychiatry. (OCoLC)fst01081152
Psychiatrische inrichtingen.
Psychiatrie.
Cultuur.
Gesellschaft. (DE-588)4020588-5
Psychisch Kranker. (DE-588)4047682-0
Wahn. (DE-588)4137657-2
Gesellschaft. (DE-588c)4020588-5
Psychisch Kranker. (DE-588c)4047682-0
Wahn. (DE-588c)4137657-2
Genre
:
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author
:
Howard, Richard, 1929-
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
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