Foucault’s Madness and Civilization Is Published
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing, Psychology, Psychiatry
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: Paris
- Date: 1961
Article abstract: Michel Foucault analyzed how attitudes toward madness changed in Western Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
Summary of Event
In 1960, Michel Foucault defended his doctoral dissertation on the evolution of attitudes toward mental illness in Western Europe between the early sixteenth century and the middle of the nineteenth century. In 1961, his dissertation was published under the title Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie à l’ăge classique. Three years later, Foucault abridged his dissertation. This...
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