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The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception
The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception

Transformation of medical knowledge and perception

If you're fascinated by the intersections of history, philosophy, and medicine, "The Birth of the Clinic" might pique your interest. Michel Foucault, with his characteristic depth, examines the pivotal shift in medical practice that occurred around the eighteenth century. It’s a read that'll give you a profound understanding of how our current medical perceptions are deeply rooted in history and influenced by societal changes. Foucault's insights could change how you view the development of medical thought.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780679753346
Authors: Michel Foucault
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 1994-03-29
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Sociology, Philosophy, Science
Related Topics: History, Medical, Anthropology, Theory, European History, Medicine, Psychology
Goodreads rating: 3.95
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Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. In the eighteenth century, medicine underwent a mutation. For the first time, medical knowledge took on a precision that had formerly belonged only to mathematics. The body became something that could be mapped. Disease became subject to new rules of classification. And doctors begin to describe phenomena that for centuries had remained below the threshold of the visible and expressible. In The Birth of the Clinic, the philosopher and intellectual historian who may be the true heir to Nietzsche charts this dramatic transformation of medical knowledge. As in his classic Madness and Civilization, Michel Foucault shows how much what we think of as pure science owes to social and cultural attitudes — in this case, to the climate of the French Revolution. Brilliant, provocative, and omnivorously learned, his book sheds new light on the origins of our current notions of health and sickness, life and death.
 

Transformation of medical knowledge and perception

If you're fascinated by the intersections of history, philosophy, and medicine, "The Birth of the Clinic" might pique your interest. Michel Foucault, with his characteristic depth, examines the pivotal shift in medical practice that occurred around the eighteenth century. It’s a read that'll give you a profound understanding of how our current medical perceptions are deeply rooted in history and influenced by societal changes. Foucault's insights could change how you view the development of medical thought.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.