One of its sections describes the novel as a perversion of sensibility, and begins with a discussion of Rameau's Nephew in contrast to Descartes' method of doubt. Another section sees unemployment as a sin, and morality as a treatment imposed by the economy of 18th century Europe. Before "The Great Fear" and "The Great Confinement," this work discusses the use of the ship of fools in dealing with leprosy in the section "S
One of its sections describes the novel as a perversion of sensibility, and begins with a discussion of Rameau's Nephew in contrast to Descartes' method of doubt. Another section sees unemployment as a sin, and morality as a treatment imposed by the economy of 18th century Europe. Before "The Great Fear" and "The Great Confinement," this work discusses the use of the ship of fools in dealing with leprosy in the section "Stultifera Navis." Also including chapters on "The New Division" and "Passion and Delirium," FTP name this work subtitled "a history of insanity in the age of reason," the most famous early work by Michel Foucault.
One of its sections describes the novel as a perversion of sensibility, and begins with a discussion of Rameau's Nephew in contrast to Descartes' method of doubt.
{Folie et deraison}; or {Madness and Civilization}