The asylum was not a place of cure but a space of containmen... - Foucault, Michel

This quote is attributed to Foucault, Michel.

"The asylum was not a place of cure but a space of containment and moral management."

Foucault, Michel Wisdom

Philosopher-Historian French 1926–1984

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