Madness and Civilization

A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

In this classic account of madness, Michel Foucault shows once and for all why he is one of the most distinguished European philosophers since the end of World War II. Madness and Civilization, Foucault's first book and his finest accomplishment, will change the way in which you think about society. Evoking shock, pity, and fascination, it might also make you question the way you think about yourself.

©1972 Editions Gallimard; English translation copyright 1965 by Random House, Inc. (P)2016 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Superb scholarship rendered with artistry." ( The Nation)

incredible material, good audio performance

The material is fantastic, but I won't be commenting much on it here. Just wanted to mention what you could already know from the sample, the narrator has a beautiful but thick Scottish accent that some may find difficult at times to understand. I found that the more I listened, the less of an issue it became, as I got I to the groove of the narration and noticed it less. so probably a me issue but just a heads up for others with auditory processesing disorder. Adjusting the speed might help.

Intensely thought provoking art

If you lack the ability to appreciate complex language spoken in a beautiful yet foreign accent, or are otherwise dull and lack a taste for those things which lie beyond a comfortable horizon, then this book is not for you.

Crucial book. Bad reading performance.

Strange, incongruously melodramatic reading totally distracts from the text. The reader's voice trembles with emotion, speeds up, slows down, increases then decreases volume, without following the content. This kind of hammy performance is bad enough when you hear it in a Shakespeare performance. Why the reader thinks it works for this book is hard to imagine. Not easy to take this audiobook seriously, which is really disappointing.

Let a good English speaker Re-DO this!!

This is a classic book performed very very very poorly. Please have it re-READ ASAP. Please

great text. terrible reader.

if you're Scottish, this probably won't bother you. if you are not, the guys meter and inflections make this reading unintelligible.