The Normal and the Pathological

By: Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault (Introduction by), Carolyn R. Fawcett (Translator)

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Paperback | 16 December 1991

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336 Pages

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18+

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22 x 14.5 x 3

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"The Normal and the Pathological" is one of the crucial contributions to the history of science in the last half century. Canguilhem analyzes the radically new way in which health and disease were defined in the early nineteenth century, showing that the emerging categories of the normal and the pathological were far from being objective scientific concepts. He demonstrates how the epistemological foundations of modern biology and medicine were intertwined with political, economic, and technological imperatives.

About the Authors

Georges Canguilhem is Professor Emeritus at the Sorbonne and former director of the Institut d'Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques de l'Universite de Paris. His works include La Connaissance de la Vie, Ideology and Rationality in the History of the Life Sciences , and The Normal and the Pathological.

Michel Foucault (1926- 84) is widely considered to be one of the most influential academic voices of the twentieth century and has proven influential across disciplines.

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A brilliant and stimulating book. -- Howard L. Laye * Journal of Interdisciplinary History * A brilliant and stimulating book. -- Howard L. Laye, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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