"The History of Madness in the Classical Era" - The History of Madness in the Classical Era

Japanese: 《狂気の歴史――古典主義時代における》 - きょうきのれきしこてんしゅぎじだいにおける
"The History of Madness in the Classical Era" - The History of Madness in the Classical Era

...After serving as professor at the University of Paris, he has been professor at the Collège de France for 1970. In his first major work, The History of Madness in the Classical Era (1961), he attempted to write a "history of madness" not from the standpoint of a doctor (or a cold-hearted observer), but from the standpoint of the madman himself, and to unearth the "knowledge of madness." He succeeded in shedding light on the historical character of modern reason and its repressive nature from behind the scenes, and in elucidating one specific situation in which power operates.

*Some of the terminology referenced in "The History of Madness - in the Classical Period" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…パリ大学教授などを経て,70年来コレージュ・ド・フランスの教授。最初の主著《狂気の歴史――古典主義時代における》(1961)で企てたのは,医者(あるいは冷やかな観察者)の立場からではなく,いわば狂人自身の立場からとらえた〈狂気の歴史〉であり,〈狂気の知〉の発掘の仕事であった。それは,近代理性の歴史的性格とその抑圧的性格に裏から照明をあてること,権力が具体的に働く一つの場面を解明することに成功した。…

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