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Foucault’s Folie et déraison: its influence and its contemporary relevance (2020)

Scull, Andrew T. (Author)

History of Psychiatry
Volume: 31
Issue: 3
Pages: 351-358
Publication date: 2020
Language: English

DOI: 10.1177/0957154X20912687

URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X20912687

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Social history Historians of science, modern History of medicine, as a discipline Historiography Philosophy of medicine Psychiatry Mental disorders and diseases 21st century 20th century, late Foucault, Michel

Michel Foucault remains one of the most influential intellectuals in the early twenty-first century world. This paper examines the origins and impact of his first major work, Folie et déraison, on the history of psychiatry, particularly though not exclusively in the world of Anglo-American scholarship. The impact and limits of Foucault’s work on the author’s own contributions to the history of psychiatry are examined, as is the larger influence of Madness and Civilization (as it is known to most Anglophones) on the nascent social history of psychiatry. The paper concludes with an assessment of the sources of the appeal of Foucault’s work among some scholars, and notes his declining influence on contemporary scholars working on the history of psychiatry.

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