Madness and civilization :
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Madness and civilization : a history of insanity in the Age of Reason / Michel Foucault ; translated from the French by Richard Howard. - New York : Vintage Books, 1988. - xiii, 299 p. ; 21 cm.
Translation of: Folie et déraison; histoire de la folie.
Includes bibliographical references.
Traces the literary, philosophical, and moral themes of madness as well as its social and theological impact in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries.
067972110X (pbk.) 9780679721109 (pbk.)
Psychiatry--History.
Mental illness.
Psychiatry--History--1500-1800.
Mental illness--History--1500-1800.
History.
RC438 / .F613 1988
Madness and civilization : a history of insanity in the Age of Reason / Michel Foucault ; translated from the French by Richard Howard. - New York : Vintage Books, 1988. - xiii, 299 p. ; 21 cm.
Translation of: Folie et déraison; histoire de la folie.
Includes bibliographical references.
Traces the literary, philosophical, and moral themes of madness as well as its social and theological impact in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries.
067972110X (pbk.) 9780679721109 (pbk.)
Psychiatry--History.
Mental illness.
Psychiatry--History--1500-1800.
Mental illness--History--1500-1800.
History.
RC438 / .F613 1988