Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

probably one of the worst cases of the emperor's clothes, this morbid account of the inhumane treatment of mental patients has its moments, for sure, but is otherwise loosely held together by an unintelligible string of logorrhea which is nigh impossible to keep up with. It does succeed, however, in delighting us in the monstrous tortures of the mentally ill, with a sadistic, almost sexual...more

probably one of the worst cases of the emperor's clothes, this morbid account of the inhumane treatment of mental patients has its moments, for sure, but is otherwise loosely held together by an unintelligible string of logorrhea which is nigh impossible to keep up with. It does succeed, however, in delighting us in the monstrous tortures of the mentally ill, with a sadistic, almost sexual pleasure...some of it sounds like Foucault would like in on some of that.   hide

L'uomo è così necessariamente folle che il non essere folle equivarrebbe ad esserlo secondo un'altra forma di follia

A real eye opener.

très bon livre, parfois un peu daté, mais une lecture fascinante. Un des premiers écrits publiés de Foucault.

Foucault provides us with an experience of madness during the early modern period in the 17th and 18th centuries. He demonstrates that the care of the mad via humanist practices since that time has left a lot to be desired.Pinel and Tuke, rather than liberating the mad, instead, objectified them and subjected them to a harsh regime of institutional practices grounded in bourgeois morality.

Det er fryktelig mange år siden jeg leste denne, men jeg kan huske at jeg syntes enkelte deler var hysterisk artige og elegante pga det skråblikket på normalitetens skapelse...

...almost the same w/ discipline and punish.. this book shown us the insanity of modern ages..

Phenomenal..NOT phenomenological..haha...chill!!

Es talves una de los textos mas paradigmaticos y revolucionarios de salud mental. Una perspectiva del poder y la efermedad y los ejerciocios retoricos para enmascarar esta alinza