Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
Author_Catalog: Michel Foucault
Evaluation_Score
[ ] VALUE:4.0
Bibliographic_Data
STATUS: FINISHED| Pages_Count | 310 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | UNKNOWN |
| Pub_Date | 1961-01-01 |
| Date_Archived | January 20, 2024 |
| Registry_ID | N/A |
Summary
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.