福柯与《临床医学的诞生》

Michel Foucault and The Birth of the Clinic

《临床医学的诞生》是20世纪法国著名学者福柯的一部医学史研究专著,主要从空间、语言和死亡三个方面探讨了现代医学也就是临床医学诞生的可能性条件,兼具历史与批判的性质。它揭示了隐藏在医学话语背后的权力关系,反映了福柯瓦解传统、颠覆理性的新型历史观。

Michel Foucault was a famous French scholar in 20th century. His historical and critical book, The Birth of the Clinic is a remarkable work of medical history, which explores the possibilities of the emergence of the modern medicine from the perspectives of space, language and death. It reveals the hidden relationship between medical discourse and power and reflects Foucault＇s new view of history objecting to tradition and reason.