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I, Pierre Riviére, having slaughtered my mother, my sister, and my brother: A Case of Parricide in the 19th Century
Michel Foucault

I, Pierre Riviére, having slaughtered my mother, my sister, and my brother: A Case of Parricide in the 19th Century

A Case of Parricide in the 19th Century

University of Nebraska Press (Dec 01, 1982)
9780803268579
| Paperback
288 pages | 133 x 203 mm | English
Dewey 364.15230924
LC Classification HV6248.R57 .M6413 1982
LC Control No. 82008580

Subject

  • Criminals
  • Criminals/ France/ Biography
  • Medical Jurisprudence/ France/ Case Studies
  • Parricide
  • Parricide/ France/ Case Studies

Plot

"A spell-binding account-not only of the murder of a family by a 'madman, ' but also the murder of free will and responsibility by the mad-doctors."-Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. Translated by Frank Jellinek.