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by
Michel Foucault (Author),
Graham Burchell (Translator)
From 1971 until his death in 1984, Foucault gave public lectures at the world-famous College de France. Attended by thousands, these were seminal events in the world of French letters. Picador is proud to be publishing the lectures in thirteen volumes.
The lectures comprising Abnormal begin by examining the role of psychiatry in modern criminal justice, and its method of categorizing individuals who “resemble their crime before they commit it.” Building on the themes of societal self-defense in “Society Must Be Defended,” Foucault shows how and why defining “abnormality” and “normality” were prerogatives of power in the nineteenth century.
The College de France lectures add immeasurably to our appreciation of Foucault’s work and offer a unique window into his thinking.
Author Biography
The works of
Michel Foucault include Madness and Civilization, The History of Sexuality, and Discipline and Punish. Series editor
Arnold I. Davidson teaches at the University of Chicago and is executive editor of the journal Critical Inquiry.
Number of Pages: 374Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.5 INPublication Date: September 01, 2004
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