The good, The mad, and the ugly
The complete series
By Casper Mullie
Codgers, bugs, crackpots, neurotics, kooks, cranks, crazies, headcases, fools, fruitcakes, tykes, sickies, deviants, nutters, loonies, lunatics, madmen, sociopaths, maniacs, obsessives, psychos, paranoids, quizzes, oddballs, schizos, wackos, lunatics, weirdos, abnormals and zanies, human creativity knows no limits when it comes to finding names for those people who are thought to be just a little bit off. But what exactly do we mean to say when we call someone mad? And what can philosophy teach us about this?
Foucault, Michel Foucault. He was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century and still is in the 21st century. He had a longstanding interest in the interactions between social norms, scientific practices, and political institutions. He dedicated quite some time to the topic of madness in works such as The Birth of the Clinic and Madness and Civilization. He also focused on madness during some of his Lectures at the Collège de France, an important research centre in Paris. He was particularly interested in the relationship between medical practices, authority, and power. And he was also an influential figure within circles critical of psychiatry.
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