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Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17261546-madness-and-civilization) here . Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the insane and the rest of humanity. Traces The Literary, Philosophical, And Moral Themes Of Madness As Well As Its Social And Theological Impact In The Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries. Stultifera Navis -- The Great Confinement -- The Insane -- Passion And Delirium -- Aspects Of Madness -- Doctors And Patients -- The Great Fear -- The New Division -- The Birth Of The Asylum -- Conclusion. Michel Foucault ; Translated From The French By Richard Howard. Translation Of Folie Et Déraison; Histoire De La Folie. This Translation Is Of The Edition Abridged By The Author And Published In The Plon 10/18 Series. However, The Author Has Added Some Additional Materials From The Original Edition, Including The Chapter Passion And Delirium--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 291-299). Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright 5 Introduction (Jose Barchilon, M.D.) 6 Preface (Foucault) 10 CONTENTS 14 I. ''Stultifera Navis" 18 Notes 306 II. The Great Confinement 53 Notes 306 III. The Insane 80 Notes 307 IV. Passion and Delirium 100 Notes 308 V. Aspects of Madness 132 Mania & Melancholia 132 Hysteria & Hypochondria 151 Notes 309 VI. Doctors and Patients 174 Notes 310 VII. The Great Fear 214 Notes 312 VIII. The New Division 236 Notes 313 IX. The Birth of the Asylum 256 Notes 313 Conclusion 294 Notes 306 About the Author 316 In this classic account of madness, Michel Foucault shows why he is one of the most distinguished European philosophers since the end of World War II. Madness and Civilization, Foucault's first book and his finest accomplishment, will change the way in which you think about society. Evoking shock, pity and fascination, it might also make you question the way you think about yourself Perhaps the French philosopher's masterpiece, which is concerned with an extraordinary question: What does it mean to be mad' AT the end of the Middle Ages, leprosy disappeared from the Western world.