Michel Foucault

Madness and Civilization

History of how madness became medicalized and institutionalized

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Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault

French philosopher and historian whose analyses of how knowledge, power, and institutions construct the subject have reshaped the humanities. Discipline and Punish examined the modern prison as a model of social control; The History of Sexuality challenged assumptions about sex and power. He died of AIDS.

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