Madness and civilization: a history of insanity in the age of reason Foucault, Michel

By:

Foucault, Michel

Contributor(s):

Howard, Richard [Translator]

Publication details: 1988 Vintage Books New YorkDescription: xiii, 299 pISBN:

9780679721109

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

155.7 F6M2

Summary: Foucault discusses the question of madness and how to define it 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.

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Foucault discusses the question of madness and how to define it 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.

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