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Madness and Civilization

Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason | Michel Foucault

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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: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason | Michel Foucault

Meh

so-so

This was really dry. I don't know if it's just truly sort of boring or if there's something missing in the translation. I didn't hate it but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they are hard core into the history of psychology.

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TheAromaofBooks I frequently feel that way about translated books - I'm never sure if it's the story I don't like, or if someone didn't translate nuance very well. 5y

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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason | Michel Foucault

Language is the first and last structure of madness.

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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason | Michel Foucault

Wisdom, like other precious substances, must be torn from the bowels of the earth. (Jérôme Cardan)

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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason | Michel Foucault

People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what they do does.