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Madness and civilization : a history of insanity in the Age of Reason /

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 1988.
Edition:Vintage books edition.
Subjects:
Psychiatry > History.
Mental illness.
Psychiatry > History > 1500-1800.
Mental illness > History > 1500-1800.
Mental illness > History.
Psychiatry > history
Mental Disorders > history
Mental Disorders
Psychiatrie > Histoire.
Maladies mentales > Histoire.
Maladies mentales.
mental disorders.
Mental illness
Psychiatry
Gesellschaft
Psychisch Kranker
Wahn
Mental disorders.
1500-1800
Student Collection.
facsimiles (reproductions)
Facsimiles
History
Facsimiles.
Fac-similés.
Description
Summary:Traces the literary, philosophical, and moral themes of madness as well as its social and theological impact in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries.
Item Description:Abridged translation of Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique.
Physical Description:xiii, 299 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:067972110X
9780679721109
039471914X
9780394719146