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In this addition to the College de France Lecture Series Michel Foucault explores the birth of psychiatry, examining Western society's division of 'mad' and 'sane' and how medicine and law influenced these attitudes. This seminal new work by a leading thinker of the modern age opens new vistas within historical and philosophical study.
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Psychiatric Power, Michel Foucault
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- 2008
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- Title
- Psychiatric Power
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michel Foucault
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 408
- ISBN10
- 1403986517
- ISBN13
- 9781403986511
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, France, Sociology, Psychiatry
- Original title
- Le pouvoir psychiatrique
- Rating
- 4.5 out of 5
- Description
- In this addition to the College de France Lecture Series Michel Foucault explores the birth of psychiatry, examining Western society's division of 'mad' and 'sane' and how medicine and law influenced these attitudes. This seminal new work by a leading thinker of the modern age opens new vistas within historical and philosophical study.