Author: Michel Foucault File Type: pdf This seminal early work of Foucault is indispensable to understanding his development as a thinker. Written in 1954 and revised in 1962,Mental Illness and Psychologydelineates the shift that occurred in Foucaults thought during this period. The first iteration reflects the philosophers early interest in and respect for Freud and the psychoanalytic tradition. The second part, rewritten in 1962, marks a dramatic change in Foucaults thinking. Examining the history of madness as a social and cultural construct, he moves outside of the psychoanalytic tradition into the radical critique of Freud that was to dominate his later work. Mental Illness and Psychologyis an important document tracing the intellectual evolution of this influential thinker. A foreword by Foucault scholar Hubert Dreyfus situates the book within the framework of Foucaults entire body of work.

Author: María de San José File Type: pdf Maria de San Jose Salazar (1548-1603) took the veil as a Discalced (barefoot) Carmelite nun in 1571, becoming one of Teresa of Avilas most important collaborators in religious reform and serving as prioress of the Seville and Lisbon convents. Within the parameters of the strict Catholic Reformation in Spain, Maria fiercely defended womens rights to define their own spiritual experience and to teach, inspire, and lead other women in reforming their church.Maria wrote this book as a defense of the Discalced practice of setting aside two hours each day for conversation, music, and staging of religious plays. Casting the book in the form of a dialogue, Maria demonstrates through fictional conversations among a group of nuns during their hours of recreation how women could serve as very effective spiritual teachers for each other. The book includes one of the first biographical portraits of Teresa and Marias personal account of the troubled founding of the Discalced convent at Seville, as well as her tribulations as an Inquisitional suspect. Rich in allusions to womens affective relationships in the early modern convent, Book for the Hour of Recreation also serves as an example of how a woman might write when relatively free of clerical censorship and expectations.A detailed introduction and notes by Alison Weber provide historical and biographical context for Amanda Powells fluid translation.From the Inside FlapMaria de San Jose Salazar (1548-1603) took the veil as a Discalced (barefoot) Carmelite nun in 1571, becoming one of Teresa of Avilas most important collaborators in religious reform and serving as prioress of the Seville and Lisbon convents. Within the parameters of the strict Catholic Reformation in Spain, Maria fiercely defended womens rights to define their own spiritual experience and to teach, inspire, and lead other women in reforming their church.Maria wrote this book as a defense of the Discalced practice of setting aside two hours each day for conversation, music, and staging of religious plays. Casting the book in the form of a dialogue, Maria demonstrates through fictional conversations among a group of nuns during their hours of recreation how women could serve as very effective spiritual teachers for each other. The book includes one of the first biographical portraits of Teresa and Marias personal account of the troubled founding of the Discalced convent at Seville, as well as her tribulations as an Inquisitional suspect. Rich in allusions to womens affective relationships in the early modern convent, Book for the Hour of Recreation also serves as an example of how a woman might write when relatively free of clerical censorship and expectations.A detailed introduction and notes by Alison Weber provide historical and biographical context for Amanda Powells fluid translation.About the AuthorAlison Weber is an associate professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia. She is the author of Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity.Amanda Powell is a senior instructor of Spanish at the University of Oregon. She is the translator of Untold Sisters Hispanic Nuns in Their Own Words and coauthor of A Wild Country Out in the Garden The Spiritual Journals of a Colonial Mexican Nun.