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In this addition to the Collège de France Lecture Series Michel Foucault explores the birth of psychiatry, examining Western society's division of 'mad' and 'sane' and how medicine and law influenced these attitudes. This seminal new work by a leading thinker of the modern age opens new vistas within historical and philosophical study.

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Foreword Introduction Translator's Note 7 November 1973 14 November 1973 21 November 1973 28 November 1973 5 December 1973 12 December 1973 19 December 1973 9 January 1974 16 January 1974 23 January 1974 30 January 1974 6 February 1974 Course Summary Course Context Index of Notions Index of Names Index of Places

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A Paperback by Michel Foucault, Graham Burchell, A. Davidson

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    Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
    Publication Date: 8/14/2008 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9781403986511, 978-1403986511
    ISBN10: 1403986517
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    Phenomenology and Existentialism Sociology Books by Michel Foucault

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    In this addition to the Collège de France Lecture Series Michel Foucault explores the birth of psychiatry, examining Western society's division of 'mad' and 'sane' and how medicine and law influenced these attitudes. This seminal new work by a leading thinker of the modern age opens new vistas within historical and philosophical study.

    Table of Contents
    Foreword Introduction Translator's Note 7 November 1973 14 November 1973 21 November 1973 28 November 1973 5 December 1973 12 December 1973 19 December 1973 9 January 1974 16 January 1974 23 January 1974 30 January 1974 6 February 1974 Course Summary Course Context Index of Notions Index of Names Index of Places

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