Michel Foucault remains one of the most influential intellectuals in the early twenty-first century world. This paper examines the origins and impact of his first major work, Folie et déraison, on the history of psychiatry, particularly though not exclusively in the world of Anglo-American scholarship. The impact and limits of Foucault’s work on the author’s own contributions to the history of psychiatry are examined, as is the larger influence of Madness and Civilization (as it is known to most Anglophones) on the nascent social history of psychiatry. The paper concludes with an assessment of the sources of the appeal of Foucault’s work among some scholars, and notes his declining influence on contemporary scholars working on the history of psychiatry.

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福柯的 Folie et déraison：它的影响和它的当代意义

米歇尔·福柯 (Michel Foucault) 仍然是 21 世纪早期世界上最有影响力的知识分子之一。本文考察了他的第一部主要著作 Folie et déraison 的起源和影响，该著作涉及精神病学的历史，尤其是在英美学术界，但并非仅限于此。福柯的著作对作者本人对精神病学史的贡献的影响和局限，以及《疯狂与文明》（大多数英语国家都知道）对精神病学新生社会史的更大影响进行了检查。论文最后评估了福柯作品在一些学者中的吸引力来源，并指出他对当代精神病学史学者的影响力正在下降。