{"id":471,"date":"2022-04-06T12:20:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2022-04-06T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:20:20","slug":"michel-foucoult-madness-and-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/michel-foucoult-madness-and-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Foucoult &#8211; Madness and Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2018My first book was called&nbsp;<em>Madness and Civilization<\/em>, but in fact my problem was rationality, that is, how does reason operate in a society such as ours? 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