Madness and Civilization

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

Paperback (28 Nov 1988)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780679721109
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Vintage Books
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Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 272g
Height: 203mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 15mm