Madness and Civilization
Author: Michel Foucault
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415253853
Category: Civilization
Page: 310
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Language: en
Pages: 326
Pages: 326
Perhaps the French philosopher's masterpiece, which is concerned with an extraordinary question: What does it mean to be mad?
Language: en
Pages: 310
Pages: 310
This text is a classic of French post-structuralist scholarship and is widely recommended on humanities courses across a variety of disciplines. Foucault's analysis of psychology is a devastating critique of the common understanding of insanity.
Language: en
Pages: 432
Pages: 432
Originally published: London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2015.
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
What is ‘creativity’? And what is ‘madness’? How far can we interpret an artist’s work through our knowledge of his or her mental state, and how far can we infer a mental state from a work of art? When does a work of art cease to be a personal statement
Language: en
Pages: 299
Pages: 299
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