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Author(s): Michel Foucault
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Year: 2003
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ISBN 10: 1859845398 
ISBN 13: 9781859845394
Author: Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault remains one of the towering intellectual figures of the last half century. Michel Foucault’s works on sexuality, madness, the prison and medicine are classics and his example continues to challenge and inspire. The philosopher gave public lectures at the College de France from 1971 until his death in 1984 – these lectures were seminal events and created benchmarks for contemporary critical inquiry. The lectures comprising “Abnormal” begin by examining the role of psychiatry in modern criminal justice and its method of categorizing individuals who “resemble their crime before they commit it.” Michel Foucault shows how and why defining “abnormality” and “normality” were prerogatives of power in the 19th century and shaped the institutions. The College de France lectures add to our appreciation of the philosopher’s thought and offer a unique window into his way of thinking.

Abnormal Lectures at the College De France 1974 75 1st Table of contents:

1. Introduction to the Course

  • Foucault’s Approach to the Study of Abnormality

  • Overview of the Historical and Philosophical Context

  • The Significance of Abnormality in Modern Power Structures

2. The Concept of “Abnormality”

  • Defining Abnormality: From Deviance to Pathology

  • The Historical Evolution of the Abnormal

  • Abnormality and the Rise of Modern Psychiatry and Law

3. The Formation of the Abnormal Subject

  • The Medicalization of Abnormality: Birth of the Psychiatric Gaze

  • The Role of Experts in Defining and Treating Abnormality

  • Surveillance, Discipline, and the Pathologization of Deviance

4. Abnormality and the Judicial System

  • The Relationship Between Abnormality and Crime

  • The Shift from Punishment to Treatment: From Torture to Therapeutic Intervention

  • The Impact of Psychiatric Knowledge on Legal Practices

5. Abnormality and the Emergence of the “Normalizing” Power

  • The Role of Normalization in Modern Societies

  • The Mechanisms of Social Control: Surveillance, Discipline, and Classification

  • Foucault’s Concept of “Biopower” and its Relationship to Abnormality

6. The Development of Psychiatry as a Tool of Social Control

  • The Birth of Psychiatric Institutions: The Asylum and Beyond

  • Psychiatry’s Role in Defining, Diagnosing, and Controlling Abnormality

  • The Moral and Social Implications of Psychiatric Power

7. The Normalization Process in Modern Societies

  • Foucault’s Discussion of the “Normalizing Society”

  • The Creation of the “Normal” and the Path of its Formation

  • Educational Systems, Workplaces, and Family as Sites of Normalization

8. Historical Case Studies: The Development of Psychiatric Institutions

  • Analysis of the Evolution of Asylums and Their Social Role

  • The Treatment of the Mentally Ill in History: From the “Mad” to the “Sick”

  • Case Study of Key Figures and Institutions in Psychiatry

9. Power, Knowledge, and the Abnormal

  • The Relationship Between Power and Knowledge in Foucault’s Thought

  • How Knowledge of Abnormality is Used as a Form of Power

  • The Role of Experts and Institutions in Maintaining Control Over the Abnormal

10. Abnormality and the Social Order

  • The Impact of Defining and Treating Abnormality on Social Hierarchy

  • Social Responses to Abnormality: Exclusion, Integration, and Control

  • The Interaction Between Abnormality and Social Norms

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