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Description: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 preorogatives of power in the nineteenth century.The Collège de France lectures add immeasurably to our appreciation of Foucault's work and offer a unique window into his thinking.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Abnormal: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1974-1975. To get started finding Abnormal: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1974-1975, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 preorogatives of power in the nineteenth century.The Collège de France lectures add immeasurably to our appreciation of Foucault's work and offer a unique window into his thinking.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Abnormal: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1974-1975. To get started finding Abnormal: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1974-1975, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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