Madness and Civilization

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Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (French: Folie et Déraison – Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique), a 1961 book by Michel Foucault, is an examination of the evolution of the meaning of madness in the cultures and laws, politics, philosophy, and medicine of Europe—from the Middle Ages until the end of the 18th century—and a critique of the idea of history and of the historical method.

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