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Madness and Civilization

A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

By Michel Foucault

By Michel Foucault

By Michel Foucault

By Michel Foucault

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    About Madness and Civilization

    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.

    About Madness and Civilization

    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.

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    About Michel Foucault

    MICHEL FOUCAULT, one of the leading philosophical thinkers of the 20th century, was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lectured in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Français in Hamburg, Germany and at the Institut de Philosophie… More about Michel Foucault

    About Michel Foucault

    MICHEL FOUCAULT, one of the leading philosophical thinkers of the 20th century, was born in Poitiers, France, in 1926. He lectured in universities throughout the world; served as director at the Institut Français in Hamburg, Germany and at the Institut de Philosophie… More about Michel Foucault

    Product Details

    Category: European World History | Philosophy | Psychology

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Vintage
    Nov 28, 1988 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679721109

    Category: European World History | Philosophy | Psychology

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 30, 2013 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780307833105

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