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

Foucault takes you into an amorphous world somewhere between philosophy and poetry - the text is a hypnotising, thought-provoking read. (That's quite appropriate for the subject!) A brilliant study.

Faucault has to be read. This is a brilliant historical study of how we define and deal with 'madness' in society. Both badly and dishonestly.

bought as a set of books very interesting

good

Awesome Book, came in really fast. thanks.

This is not an easy read, but that was made even worse by the omission of pages 113 to 144! Having read and notated up to page 113, I really don't want to have to return it.

This is a modern classic, every body needs to read this text, especially any medical professional with the prefix "psych-" in front of their job title.

Excellent and a standard text.