Den tokiga svensken - Synen på vansinne i statliga utredningar
DiskursanalysFoucaultPsykologiMental hälsaVansinneSOUDiscourse analysisPsychologyMental HealthMadnessPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
The disciplinary role of madness in the European society was major during the17th century rise of the national state.By studying the view on madness in Swedish governmental investigations duringthe modern years of the Swedish psychiatry, 1950 to today, it's possible to seehow madness function in society have changed. The study is based on a discourseanalysis 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 adetailed investigation on the concept of power, the empirical survey shows howthe ?crazy? Swede changes from a disciplinary object of society into a drone toserve under the structures of capitalism. In a psychological condition previousscience has judged as animal.