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Madness and civilization : 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.

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  • ISBN: 067972110X
  • ISBN: 9780679721109
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 299 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1988, ©1965.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Abridged translation of Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: "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.
Subject: Psychiatry History
Mental illness
Psychiatry History 1500-1800
Mental illness History 1500-1800
Mental Disorders history
Psychiatry history

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Introduction   David Cooper
Preface
1"Stultifera Navis"
2The Great Confinement
3The Insane
4Passion and Delirium
5Aspects of Madness
6Doctors and Patients
7The Great Fear
8The New Division
9The Birth of the Asylum
Conclusion
Notes
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