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Madness and civilization; a history of insanity in the Age of Reason. Translated from the French, by Richard Howard

Catalog Data

Author:
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 299 p. 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1973
[1973, c1965]
Notes:
Translation of Folie et deĢraison; histoire de la folie.
Contents:
"Stultifera navis" -- The great confinement -- The insane -- Passion and delirium -- Aspects of madness -- Doctors and patients -- The great fear -- The new division -- The birth of the asylum
Topic:
Mental illness  Search this
Mental illness--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_785377