{"product_id":"abnormal-michel-foucault-9780312424053","title":"Abnormal: Lectures at the College de France 1974-1975","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 1971 until his death in 1984, Foucault gave public lectures at the world-famous College de France. Attended by thousands, these were seminal events in the world of French letters. Picador is proud to be publishing the lectures in thirteen volumes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The lectures comprising \u003ci\u003eAbnormal\u003c\/i\u003e 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. Building on the themes of societal self-defense in Society Must Be Defended, Foucault shows how and why defining abnormality and normality were prerogatives of power in the nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The College de France lectures add immeasurably to our appreciation of Foucault's work and offer a unique window into his thinking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Foucault\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312424051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312424053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Michel Foucault","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995516371199,"sku":"9780312424053","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_979ba1ad-a5b6-44c1-89d8-65b34001646c.jpg?v=1683336262","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/abnormal-michel-foucault-9780312424053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}