Sociological Theory: Skeleton Key 1 to Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization (1965)

Introduces Foucault's Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. Overview of the main argument and central concepts of the book, including lepers and Lazarhouses, Medieval Folly, the Ship of Fools, The Great Confinement, the emergence of therapeutics for madness, including enlightened psychiatry, but one that maintains the mentally ill in modern asylums. Foucault's presents a double archaeology of the foundations of forced confinement and madness. Link to lecture series on Foucault's Discipline and Punish:    • Sociological Theory:  Skeleton Key 1 to Mi...   LInk to lecture series on Foucault's History of Sexuality, Vol. 1:    • Sociological Theory:  A Skeleton Key (1) t...   Dan Krier Iowa State University Sociology