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

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Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

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.

Language: English

Pages: 299

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: November 28, 1988

ISBN: 067972110X

ISBN 13: 9780679721109

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

4/5 ( ratings)

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.

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.

Language: English

Pages: 299

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: November 28, 1988

ISBN: 067972110X

ISBN 13: 9780679721109

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