Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel F

Description: Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault In this classic account of madness, Michel Foucault shows once and for all why he is one of the most distinguished European philosophers since the end of World War II. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this classic account of madness, Michel Foucault shows once and for all why he is one of the most distinguished European philosophers since the end of World War II. Madness and Civilization,Foucaults first book and his finest accomplishment, will change the way in which you think about society. Evoking shock, pity and fascination, it might also make you question the way you think about yourself. Author Biography Michel Foucault (1926-1984) Celebrated French thinker and activist who challenged peoples assumptions about care of the mentally ill, gay rights, prisons, the police and welfare. Table of Contents Introduction by David Cooper, Preface 1."Stultifera Navis" 2.The Great Confinement 3.The Insane 4.Passion and Delirium 5. Aspects of Madness 6.Doctors and Patients 7.The Great Fear 8.The New Division 9.The Birth of the Asylum, Conclusion, Notes Review Michel Foucaults Madness and Civilization has been, without a shadow of a doubt, the most original, influential, and controversial text in this field during the last forty years. It remains as challenging now as on first publication. -Roy Porter Kirkus US Review Michel Foucaults history of madness during the classical age - the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries - is far too esoteric for the general reader. Foucault, cutting himself off entirely from the structure of modern psychiatry, recreates the theories, the treatment, and the vocabulary of folly, unreason, and insanity as they existed in Europe throughout the Middle Ages until the Age of Reason. He considers two events as milestones: the creation of the Hospital General in 1657, and the great confinement of the poor of 1794, the former indicative of a body of thought which considered mans dispute with madness a significant confrontation with secret powers, the latter presaging our modern attitudes involving isolation and refusal to communicate. Monsieur Foucault concludes: "The world that thought to measure and justify madness through psychology must justify itself by the excess of works like those of Nietzsche, of Van Gogh, of Artaud. And nothing in itself, especially no what it can know of madness, assures the world that such works of madness justify it." Madness & Civilization is to psychiatry what Mimesis is to literature. (Kirkus Reviews) Review Quote Michel Foucaults - Madness and Civilization has been, without a shadow of a doubt, the most original, influential, and controversial text in this field during the last forty years. It remains as challenging now as on first publication. Its insights have still not been fully appreciated and absorbed. This is quite an exceptional book of very high calibre - brilliantly written, intellectually rigorous, and with a thesis that thoroughly shakes the assumptions of traditional psychiatry. - R.D. Laing Details ISBN0415253853 Author Michel Foucault Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0415253853 ISBN-13 9780415253857 Media Book Format Paperback Series Routledge Classics Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from French Alternative 9780415255394 DEWEY 616.89009 Birth 1926 Death 1984 Replaces 9780415040181 Short Title MADNESS & CIVILIZATION REV/E 2 Residence FR Illustrations black & white illustrations Abridged Yes Subtitle A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason UK Release Date 2001-05-17 AU Release Date 2001-05-17 NZ Release Date 2001-05-17 Pages 304 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Edition Description 2nd edition Year 2001 Publication Date 2001-05-17 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:118211201;

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