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Madness and Reason

Michael Foucalt (1926-84) wrote ‘Madness and Civilization’, a history of attitudes to the insane. He postulated that up until the 17th century, the mentally disturbed were kept out in the open and much more accepted as part of society. The move to lock them away in asylums began after the elevation of reason.

 

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