Book · 2001 · Mental illness
Madness and Civilization
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So I went up to him as a naive with the this book Madness and civilization which we had been forced to read and I I started asking him questions what does this mean.
Stephen Kotkin · Conversations with Tyler · Dec 2024 Listen at 56:15 The best things said about it
And you know I read fuko's work I think it was Madness and civilization where he he Advanced that particular um Doctrine.
Jordan Peterson The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2017 Why people recommend it
Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault is an influential historical and philosophical study examining the changing social perceptions, confinement, and treatment of madness throughout the evolution of Western civilization. The book has been referenced by academics and intellectuals on prominent interview podcasts. In December 2024, historian Stephen Kotkin appeared on Conversations with Tyler and recalled an encounter during his youth when he approached Michel Foucault as a naive student. Kotkin mentioned that he had been forced to read Madness and Civilization in his coursework and began asking the author direct questions about the book's complex meanings. Furthermore, on a May 2017 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Jordan Peterson discussed reading Foucault's work while analyzing psychiatric diagnostic categories. Peterson noted that it was specifically in Madness and Civilization where the author advanced particular doctrines regarding the social construction of mental illness and institutional power dynamics. Across these discussions, the speakers utilized Foucault's text as a foundational reference point for exploring intellectual history, state control, and the evolving medicalization of human psychological behavior.
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Jordan Peterson and you know I read fuko's work I think it was Madness and civilization where he he Advanced that particula… 1
“and you know I read fuko's work I think it was Madness and civilization where he he Advanced that particular um Doctrine”
Stephen Kotkin so I went up to him as a naive with the this book Madness and civilization which we had been forced to read… 1
“so I went up to him as a naive with the this book Madness and civilization which we had been forced to read and I I started asking him questions what does this mean”