Madness and Civilization - A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Supernatural Thrillers All rights reserved

All rights reserved

hiding his true self from the world

the cultural fascination with House of Leaves remains as fervent and as imaginative as ever

Robert and Laurent experience a bizarre transformation: They wake up as a tomato and cucumber

Madness and Civilization - A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Supernatural Thrillers All rights reservedMichel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the "insane" and the rest of humanity.