Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
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Perhaps the French philosopher's masterpiece, which is concerned with an extraordinary question: What does it mean to be mad?
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
Perhaps the French philosopher's masterpiece, which is concerned with an extraordinary question: What does it mean to be mad?
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| ISBN-13: | 9780679721109 |
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| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 11/28/1988 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Sales rank: | 41,526 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 7.98(h) x 0.56(d) |
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