Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

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

In recent years the question of madness and how to define it has become the centre of a great deal of discussion. This is the question the distinguished French psychologist and philosopher Michel Foucault seeks to answer 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.Read More

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  • 0415040183
  • 9780415040181
  • Michel Foucault
  • 1 December 1990
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
  • New Ed
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