Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1973-1974In this new addition to the Collège de France Lecture Series Michel Foucault explores the birth of psychiatry, examining Western society's division of 'mad' and 'sane' and how medicine and law influenced these attitudes. This seminal new work by a leading thinker of the modern age opens new vistas within historical and philosophical study. |
Contents
one 7 November 1973 | 1 |
two 14 November 1973 | 19 |
three 21 November 1973 | 38 |
four 28 November 1973 | 63 |
five 5 December | 92 |
six 12 December | 123 |
seven 19 December 1973 | 143 |
eight 9 January 1974 | 172 |
ten 23 January 1974 | 232 |
eleven 30 January 1974 | 265 |
twelve 6 February 1974 | 297 |
Course Summary | 334 |
Course Context | 349 |
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Other editions - View all
Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1973--1974 Michel Foucault Limited preview - 2008 |
Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1973-1974 M. Foucault No preview available - 2008 |
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