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History of Madness, by Michel Foucault
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'Scarcely any philosopher working on the history of philosophy, or historian working on the history of institutions, social science or sexuality can avoid confronting the challenge of Foucault's books.' - Michael Ignatieff, Times Literary Supplement 'Without a shadow of a doubt, the most original, influential and controversial text in this field during the last forty years. It remains as challenging now as on first publication. Its insights have still not been fully appreciated and absorbed.' – Roy Porter 'Extraordinary…rich and insistent, and almost unreasonable in its necessary repetitions.' – Maurice Blanchot
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About the Author
Michel Foucault (1926-84). Celebrated French thinker and activist who challenged people's assumptions about care of the mentally ill, gay rights, prisons, the police and welfare. Jean Khalfa is a lecturer in French at Cambridge University, UK. Jonathan Murphy is an experienced translator, editor and lecturer.
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Product details
Paperback: 776 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (August 20, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415477263
ISBN-13: 978-0415477260
Product Dimensions:
6.1 x 1.8 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.2 out of 5 stars
25 customer reviews
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I was terrified when I got this book in the mail because I didn't realize it was 700 pages--and Foucault isn't exactly known for his easy-going writing. But this translation is excellent--it's readable, not bogged down, and the footnotes are helpful but not overwhelming. Sure, Foucault skips all kinds of ancient history and only starts in the Middle Ages--but what he does cover, he covers in-depth, clearly, and with interesting anecdotes and historical support. I can't believe I'm saying this about Foucault, but it almost reads like a story.I went into this book daunted and thinking I would quit 20 pages in, but I really can't put it down (except physically--it's huge).
Such a text needs no further reviews, for they have become cancerous. No other human with his kind of erudition has ever dropped acid at Badwater Basin. What more can be said?
I still fail to understand what Derrida found unacceptable about this work, now available to us in English, restored to its full length and original title. Let's remember, this is not directly a work of philosophy. In terms of importance, one should compare it to Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire...in short, a history book. But ye, more than that...a history of attitudes and unique human evasions, establishing patterns of taboo. Read along side George Bataille's "Death and Sensuality" one begins to respect "un-reason" and the strange reactions of society when confronted with taboo phenomena. One should use this book as a means to seeing how our current modes of viewing the world are not privileged. As Dr. Jack Kevorkian points out in his book "Glimmeriqs", our established conventions for determining the moral rectitude of an act are not only relative, but more importantly, almost totally unexamined, prejudiced and irrational based on whatever seems the norm of our current cultural zeitgeist, which at present is half-positivist science and half-christian hodge-podge. Nihilism remains unspoken.(Glimmeriqs is a terrible, if not un-readable book, but its author was at least a man of interest, and I think him a nice example of our own present day taboos. Take a moment to watch the documentary on him. It's quite enjoyable.)
I cannot say when the best time is to read Foucault. All I can suggest is you must read him.
Foucault is essential reading to understand today's systemic breakdown. the history of prisons is a must read also.
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This is a marvellous book, packed with historical information about the treatment of the insane and attitudes towards mental illness. I am so glad I have read it, although it is rambling. The language is brilliant and beautiful; the style sometimes arcane.
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