Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
Michel Foucault traces the history of madness in Western society, revealing how concepts of insanity evolved alongside reason, power, and social control from the Renaissance to modern psychiatry.
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Michel Foucault examines the shifting perceptions of insanity in Western culture from the late Middle Ages through the Enlightenment.
The book traces how madness was once viewed as part of the human experience before becoming medicalized and isolated in asylums.
Foucault analyzes the social, political, and philosophical forces that shaped the treatment of the mentally ill during the Age of Reason.
This influential work challenges conventional narratives about progress in psychiatric care and the humanitarian reforms of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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