History of Madness
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : 2026
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 788
- Category :
Culture and Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 98690
- ISBN 13 : 9781041386728
- ISBN 10 : 1041386729
Reviews and Endorsements
'…there is a dazzling fluidity of ideas here, not least in underscoring the arbitrariness and fragility of the whole psychiatric enterprise.' London Review of Books
'...the work of a young genius, a work of masterful accomplishment and prodigious and prodigal energy, grasp and daring. No richer, more multidimensional work of cultural and intellectual history has been written…'
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
'…a tremendous resource for all those interested in Foucault’s work and the theorising of madness.'
The Sociological Review
'One of the major works of the twentieth century is finally available in English.'
Paul Rabinow, University of California, Berkeley
'I have no doubt that this long-awaited translation will have a transformative effect on a new generation of readers.'
Nikolas Rose, London School of Economics