History of Madness
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A consideration of the meaning of Insanity in European history, published as Michel Foucault's doctoral thesis. In short, it is a discussion of "let's think about the 'madness' that can be felt in various things and verbalized based on history!" He says that madness became something that should be excluded. The 15th century "Ship of Fools," which sent crazy people on a boat, was literally one form of exclusion.
Ship of Fools was ironically directed at so-called Insanity, and it was assumed that it was popular with the public, which led to the discovery of the transition in the way "madness" was perceived? The title "History of Madness" is by no means self-evident. This is because Foucault's goal was not to explain mental illness in medical categories, but to capture the essence of madness that has transformed in Western Europe in historical dimensions. It was also a criticism of the fact that human sciences before him had neglected historical practice. It's unrelated, but the way this context is taken is also a criticism, which is cool tkgshn.icon*3
In the Renaissance, madness began to be treated as an extremely abundant phenomenon. This is because madmen embodied the idea that "man cannot approach God's reason (Reason of God)." Because they were too close to God~, there is no negative meaning tkgshn.icon*2i
So, I think it means something like "even if you were a madman, it was allowed?" This example from Europe (Medieval Europe) is like "throwing people who became 'crazy' on export-import ships and throwing them somewhere." What is represented in the paintings of Bosch and Bruegel is Insanity. It is the anxiety of death and the chaos of the universe. In the 18th century, madness began to be treated as if observing reason itself.
I started reading it around December 25, 2022, borrowed from the bookshelf of uncle. https://gyazo.com/f70e4ee39dc44805248c0aa0141912ba https://gyazo.com/654ec2240df527ab071063943a878d90