Psychiatric power Lectures at the College de France, 1973-1974 /

In this new addition to the College 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 mode...

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Main Authors: Foucault, Michel, -1984
Group Author: Davidson, Arnold I.; Burchell, Graham, 1947-
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Michel Foucault: Lectures at the College de France
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230245068
Summary: In this new addition to the College 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781403969224, 2006.
Carrier Form: 408 p.
ISBN: 9781403969224
9780230245068 :
0230245064 :
CLC: R749
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.