Madness and Civilization: History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (Social Science Paperbacks)
By Michel Foucault.
Description
In recent years the question of madness and how to define it has become the centre of a great deal of discussion. This is the question the distinguished French psychologist and philosopher Michel Foucault seeks to answer by studying madness from 1500 to 1800 - from the Middle Ages when insanity was considered part of everyday life and fools and madmen walked the streets, to the point when these people began to be considered a threat, asylums were built for the first time, and a wall was erected between the insane and the rest of humanity. - from Amzon
ISBN(s)
0422751707, 9780422751704