Madness and Civilization
A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
By Michel Foucault
(Vintage, Paperback, 9780679721109, 320pp.)
Publication Date: November 28, 1988
Categories: Europe - General, History & Surveys - Modern, Mental Illness
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Description
Perhaps the French philosopher's masterpiece, which is concerned with an extraordinary question: What does it mean to be mad?











