Podcast: ABC's PHILOSPHER'S ZONE on 50th Anniversary of Michel Foucault's MADNESS AND CIVILISATION.

Foucault, Michel. Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique. Paris: Plon, 1961. Translations include:

• History of Madness. Foreword by Ian Hacking. Ed. Jean Khalfa. Trans. Jonathan Murphy and Jean Khalfa. London: Routledge, 2006.
• Madness and Civilization: a History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. Trans. Richard Howard. New York: Pantheon, 1965.

Exactly fifty years ago, a 33-year-old Frenchman named Michel Foucault completed what would become one of the most influential works on the history of psychiatry: Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. The book made a philosophical star of its author and changed our view of madness. Visit the webpage here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2009/2679437.htm; Listen here to the interview with Justin Clemen: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2009/09/pze_20090912.mp3.