History of madness / Michel Foucault ; edited by Jean Khalfa ; translated by Jonathan Murphy and Jean Khalfa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984

Contributor:

Khalfa, Jean, editor, translator, writer of introduction.

Murphy, Jonathan, translator.

Hacking, Ian, writer of foreword.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Standardized Title:

Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--History.

Mental illness.

Mentally ill--Care--History.

Mentally ill.

Mental Disorders.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxix, 725 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Contents:

Foreword / Ian Hacking

Introduction / Jean Khalfa

Preface to the 1961 edition

Preface to the 1972 edition

pt. 1

1. Stultifera navis

2. The great confinement

3. The correctional world

4. Experiences of madness

5. The insane

pt. 2

Introduction

1. The madman in the garden of species

2. The transcendence of delirium

3. Figures of madness

4. Doctors and patients

pt. 3

1. The great fear

2. The new division

3. The proper use of liberty

4. Birth of the asylum

5. The anthropological circle

Appendices

1. Madness, the absence of an œuvre. Appendix 1 of 1972 edition

2. My body, this paper, this fire. Appendix 2 of 1972 edition

3. Reply to Derrida ('Michel Foucault Derrida e no kaino'. Paideia (Tokyo) February 1972)

Endnotes

Annexes

1. Documents

2. Foucault's original bibliography

3. Bibliography of English works quoted in this translation

4. Critical bibliography on Foucault's History of Madness

Index.

Notes:

"This edition is a translation of 'Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique, ' Editions GALLIMARD, Paris, 1972"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 665-693) and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780203642603 (electronic bk.)

0203642600 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

90104605955

9780415277013

9780203642603

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