Bibliograph

Madness and civilization, a history of insanity in the Age of Reason, Michel Foucault ; translated from the French by Richard Howard

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Madness and civilization, a history of insanity in the Age of Reason, Michel Foucault ; translated from the French by Richard Howard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Madness and civilization

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

19120895

Responsibility statement

Michel Foucault ; translated from the French by Richard Howard

Sub title

a history of insanity in the Age of Reason

Summary

Traces the literary, philosophical, and moral themes of madness as well as its social and theological impact in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries

Table Of Contents

"Stultifera Navis" -- The great confinement -- The insane -- Passion and delirium -- Aspects of madness -- Doctors and patients -- The great fear -- The new division -- The birth of the asylum -- Conclusion

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