Psychiatric Power : Lectures at the College de France, 1973-74 /

In this new addition to the Collège de France Lecture Series Michel Foucault explores the birth of psychiatry, examining Western society's division of 'mad' and 'sane' and how medicine and law influenced these attitudes. This seminal new work by a leading thinker of the mode...

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Main Author:	Foucault, Michel (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Ewald, François (Editor), Fontana, Alessandro, 1939-2013 (Editor), Lagrange, Jacques (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Series:	Michel Foucault, Lectures at the Collège de France
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Clinical Psychology. History of Psychology. Philosophical Traditions. Philosophy of Mind. Philosophy, general. Sociological Theory. Clinical psychology. Movement (Philosophy) Philosophy of mind. Philosophy. Psychology. Social sciences. Sociology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book