Madness: The Invention of an Idea

by Michel Foucault

2020-12-31 09:04:27

This seminal early work of Foucault is indispensable to understanding his development as a thinker. Written in 1954 and revised in 1962, "Mental Illness and Psychology "delineates the shift that occurred in Foucault's thought during this period. The ... Read more
This seminal early work of Foucault is indispensable to understanding his development as a thinker. Written in 1954 and revised in 1962, "Mental Illness and Psychology "delineates the shift that occurred in Foucault's thought during this period. The first iteration reflects the philosopher's early interest in and respect for Freud and the psychoanalytic tradition. The second part, rewritten in 1962, marks a dramatic change in Foucault's thinking. Examining the history of madness as a social and cultural construct, he moves outside of the psychoanalytic tradition into the radical critique of Freud that was to dominate his later work.
"Mental Illness and Psychology "is an important document tracing the intellectual evolution of this influential thinker. A foreword by Foucault scholar Hubert Dreyfus situates the book within the framework of Foucault's entire body of work. Less

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File size7.12 X 4.5 X 0.44 in
Print pages160
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date January 4, 2011
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780062007186
Paul-Michel Doria Foucault (Oct 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relation...

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