Mental Illness and Psychology Author: Michel Foucault Translator: Wang Yang Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House

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Michel Foucault*, Mental Illness and Psychology (fine)/Translated Classics by Wang Yang is a book that Foucault disliked, but it shows extraordinary academic and documentary value today. The book is like the person. Foucault's extensive revisions to the first edition of 1954 when the book was reprinted in 1962 are surprisingly consistent with several life decisions he made during the same period. Resigning and going abroad, Foucault was looking for a new path in life while also opening up a new realm of thought. After the reprint, this work also moved from the original traditional parallel arrangement to a "escape" pattern. The person is like the book. Foucault's choice of subject matter and efforts in method also made this book wonderfully become a microcosm of his life's thought trajectory. This is also Foucault's specialty*. I believe that readers can find an answer for his widely circulated amazing remarks and wonderful ideas, his innovation in academic research methods, and his enthusiasm for taboos and marginal objects. In short, this work shows the beginning of a master of thought before taking off, and it still has important reference significance for today's scholars?