Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
- ISBN-10
- 067972110X
- ISBN-13
- 9780679721109
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 299
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Michel Foucault
Description
Perhaps the French philosopher's masterpiece, which is concerned with an extraordinary question: What does it mean to be mad?
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- 2001
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