{"product_id":"9788412448801","title":"THE BIRTH OF THE CLINIC","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTHE BIRTH OF THE CLINIC\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this fundamental work, Michel Foucault analyzes the radical transformation that medicine underwent at the end of the 18th century, when the direct observation of the patient's body replaced beliefs and myths as the source of medical truth. The author unravels how the clinical gaze became the new criterion of rationality, reorganizing not only medical knowledge but also the hospital structure and the place of the sick person in society. An essential essay for understanding the origins of modern medicine and the conditions that made the birth of a new experience of illness possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFoucault examines the brief but fruitful period in which clinical practice underwent a paradigm shift: careful perception, the attentive eye that registers spots , irregularities, hardness, and coloration, became the foundation of medical knowledge. Until then, medical discourse was sustained by language without perceptual support; starting with the Enlightenment, the limits of the visible and the invisible were redefined, and illness, previously opaque, offered itself to the clarity of the gaze. The book also addresses two central themes in the shaping of the clinic as a science: the reorganization of the hospital environment and the acquisition, by the patient, of their own status in society. It is a valuable effort to elucidate not only the emergence of medicine as a science, but also that of a new experience of illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMain themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe transformation of medical knowledge between the mid- and late-18th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe shift from medicine based on myths and beliefs to empirical observation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe clinical gaze as a new criterion of truth and rationality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe reorganization of the hospital space and its function in medical practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe new social status of the patient in modernity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudents and professionals in philosophy, history of science, medicine, sociology, and anthropology interested in the epistemological foundations of clinical practice. Also for readers who seek to understand how discourses of truth are constructed in the human sciences and how social and institutional conditions shape medical knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book contributes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA deep understanding of the origin of modern medicine and its method of observation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eTools to critically analyze how criteria of truth are established in science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA historical perspective that connects clinical practice with social and institutional changes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eKeys to understanding the relationship between medical knowledge and the patient's experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eFoucault's characteristic approach to the relationship between power, knowledge, and the gaze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eData sheet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: FOUCAULT, MICHEL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: CLAVE INTELECTUAL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eTopic: LITERARY ESSAYS, SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY (FREUDIAN PSYCHOLOGY)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eCollection: BIBLIOTECA CLASICOS SIGLO VEINTIUNO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date: November 2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of pages: 272\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 485 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis essay by Michel Foucault, originally published in 1963, has become an unavoidable reference for those who study the history of medicine and the philosophy of science. His analysis of how the clinical gaze reorganized medical knowledge and transformed the experience of illness remains relevant for understanding the foundations of contemporary clinical practice. The Clave Intelectual edition, within the Biblioteca Clásicos Siglo Veintiuno collection, offers a meticulous presentation of this key work of 20th-century French thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CLAVE INTELECTUAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407242027355,"sku":"9788412448801","price":20.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978841244880.jpg?v=1781850822","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788412448801","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}