Philosophy
History of Madness
CevvelaPhilosophy
History of Madness
Michel Foucault · İmge Kitabevi · 1961
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A philosophical and historical masterpiece tracing how the concept of “madness” changed from the Middle Ages to the modern era, and how the rationalism of the Age of Enlightenment disciplined society by confining those who did not fit in — the mad — to institutions.
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“Madness is an enemy that reason invented to draw its own boundaries.”
“Modern society strives not to cure madness but to confine it and thereby legitimize its own “normality.””
“The absolute rule of reason is the source of the soul’s deepest illnesses.”
“Confinement begins at the moment power stops talking.”
“A madman who tells the truth is always more dangerous than an order that lies.”
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Foucault is the heaviest sledgehammer ever brought down on the arrogance of reason. He proves that even medicine and science are weapons of power. Cevvela’s distance from an order that normalizes injustice finds its expression here: the system declares “mad” and locks away anyone who does not submit to it, anyone who refuses to squeeze their own wild inner gem into rational molds. You startle as you realize that the standards of “normality” society imposes on you are in fact a control mechanism invented only to keep the wheels of the system turning smoothly. Madness is often the soul’s only form of rebellion against the enslavement of reason.