Image by Nemomain,via Wikimedia Commons French theorist Michel Foucault rose to international prominence with his critical histories—or “archaeologies”—of scientific knowledge and technocratic power. His first book, Madness and Civilization, and described the Enlightenment-era creation of insanity as a category set apart from reason,which enabled those labeled mad to be subjected to painful, invasive treatments []
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