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Madness and Civilization

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This text is a classic of French post-structuralist scholarship and is widely recommended on humanities courses across a variety of disciplines. Foucault's analysis of psychology is a devastating critique of the common understanding of insanity.

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Madness and Civilization, Michel Foucault

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2001
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English
Publisher
Routledge
Released
2001
Format
Paperback
Pages
352
ISBN10
0415253853
ISBN13
9780415253857
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First published
1961
Original title
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
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This text is a classic of French post-structuralist scholarship and is widely recommended on humanities courses across a variety of disciplines. Foucault's analysis of psychology is a devastating critique of the common understanding of insanity.