Madness: The Invention of an Idea (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)

Type

Book

Authors

Michel Foucault

ISBN 10

0062007181

ISBN 13

9780062007186

Tags

Psychology & Counseling, General, Mental Illness, Pathologies, Consciousness & Thought, Modern, Political, History & Surveys, Psychopathology

Description

Michel Foucault’s first exploration of insanity as a social construct—and his debut work of criticism, published nearly a decade before Madness and Civilization—Madness offers an invaluable lens through which to observe the seminal social critic’s philosophical evolution. Previously published as Mental Illness and Psychology, this exciting and accessible new edition offers unique insight into both Foucault’s early engagement with the psychoanalytic tradition and his critical break from Freud, giving readers a crucial look at the thinking that prefigured The History of Sexuality, The Archeology of Knowledge, and more. - from Amzon

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