An Introduction to the History of Foucault (1792 words, 3 pages)
In this work, Foucault analyzes the role of what he calls madness in the western civilization. In Stultifera Navis, he describes the disappearance of leprosy, and the emergence of madness in its place. Since the confinement within towns only seemed to attract more madmen, so exile on a ship, particularly ...
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