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Quote for September 2008

'My first book was called Madness and Civilization, but in fact my problem was rationality, that is, how does reason operate in a society such as ours? Well, to understand this issue, instead of beginning with the subject moving from awareness to reason, it is better if we see how, in the Western world, those who are not the subjects of reason, those who are not considered reasonable, that is those who are mad, are removed from the life process. Starting with this practice, with constellations of real practices, and finally, a process of negation, we reach the place where we can see the place of reason. Or we find that reason is not just the movements and actions of rational structures, but the movements of the structures and the mechanisms of power.'

Michel Foucault. (2005) [1979]. 'Dialogue between Michel Foucault and Baqir Parham'. In Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson (eds.). Foucault and the Iranian Revolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 188.

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