Abnormal 
"Psychiatry is, in essence, science and technology freaks, abnormal individuals and abnormal behavior" (page 156) How did this come about? What is the origin of the concept of "abnormal"? Attempts to answer is what Michel Foucault in his teaching of "History of systems of thought" of the school year 1974-1975 at the Collège de France. With his characteristic rigor, Foucault examines psychiatric expertise in criminal matters from different times and it removes their bold and exciting findings. Concludes that the origin of the abnormal is manifold. Foucault describes and analyzes three characters whose evolution is not at all synchronous and that, however, are mixed to give a single subject: the abnormal. First, is the monster. That being that its very existence defies the natural laws and legal problems it causes. In the Middle Ages the monster was a man with features of animal, half man and half beast ... [Read more
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"Psychiatry is, in essence, science and technology freaks, abnormal individuals and abnormal behavior" (page 156) How did this come about? What is the origin of the concept of "abnormal"? Attempts to answer is what Michel Foucault in his teaching of "History of systems of thought" of the school year 1974-1975 at the Collège de France. With his characteristic rigor, Foucault examines psychiatric expertise in criminal matters from different times and it removes their bold and exciting findings. Concludes that the origin of the abnormal is manifold. Foucault describes and analyzes three characters whose evolution is not at all synchronous and that, however, are mixed to give a single subject: the abnormal. First, is the monster. That being that its very existence defies the natural laws and legal problems it causes. In the Middle Ages the monster was a man with features of animal, half man and half beast ... [Read more ] 
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