Den tokiga svensken - Synen på vansinne i statliga utredningar
(2007)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The disciplinary role of madness in the European society was major during the
17th century rise of the national state.
By studying the view on madness in Swedish governmental investigations during
the modern years of the Swedish psychiatry, 1950 to today, it's possible to see
how madness function in society have changed. The study is based on a discourse
analysis and done in three important aspects of Michel Foucault's philosophy:
terms of existence, control and knowledge.
Based on Foucault's theories of self-discipline, exclusion mechanisms and a
detailed investigation on the concept of power, the empirical survey shows how
the ?crazy? Swede changes from a disciplinary object of society into a drone to
serve under the structures... (More) - The disciplinary role of madness in the European society was major during the
17th century rise of the national state.
By studying the view on madness in Swedish governmental investigations during
the modern years of the Swedish psychiatry, 1950 to today, it's possible to see
how madness function in society have changed. The study is based on a discourse
analysis and done in three important aspects of Michel Foucault's philosophy:
terms of existence, control and knowledge.
Based on Foucault's theories of self-discipline, exclusion mechanisms and a
detailed investigation on the concept of power, the empirical survey shows how
the ?crazy? Swede changes from a disciplinary object of society into a drone to
serve under the structures of capitalism. In a psychological condition previous
science has judged as animal. (Less)
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- author
- Schrevelius, Jonas
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Foucault, Diskursanalys, Psykologi, Mental hälsa, Vansinne, SOU, Discourse analysis, Psychology, Mental Health, Madness, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1319241
- date added to LUP
- 2008-01-07 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2008-01-30 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The disciplinary role of madness in the European society was major during the
17th century rise of the national state.
By studying the view on madness in Swedish governmental investigations during
the modern years of the Swedish psychiatry, 1950 to today, it's possible to see
how madness function in society have changed. The study is based on a discourse
analysis and done in three important aspects of Michel Foucault's philosophy:
terms of existence, control and knowledge.
Based on Foucault's theories of self-discipline, exclusion mechanisms and a
detailed investigation on the concept of power, the empirical survey shows how
the ?crazy? Swede changes from a disciplinary object of society into a drone to
serve under the structures of capitalism. In a psychological condition previous
science has judged as animal.}},
author = {{Schrevelius, Jonas}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Den tokiga svensken - Synen på vansinne i statliga utredningar}},
year = {{2007}},
}