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Madness and Civilization
A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
Michel Foucault
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · November 28, 1988
Reading lane: Social Theory
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.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Boundaries of Madness
A layered history of how Western ideas about madness shifted from everyday presence to confinement.
Come here for
- A long view of changing ideas about insanity
- The historical turn toward asylums and separation
Expect
- A sweep from 1500 to 1800
- Attention to the boundary drawn between the insane and others
Book Details
- Authors
- Michel Foucault
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- November 28, 1988
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Social Theory · Schizophrenia
- Reading lane
- Social Theory
Affinity
Publisher Categories
European History
Structuralism
Social Theory
About This Book
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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