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The Birth of the Clinic

1963 essay by Michel Foucault
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The Birth of the Clinic

Summary

The Birth of the Clinic is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Birth of the Clinic's field of work was philosophy[3].
  • The Birth of the Clinic authored Michel Foucault[4].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's genre is recorded as philosophy[6].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's genre is recorded as sociology[7].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's genre is recorded as essay[8].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's follows is recorded as Madness and Civilization[9].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's followed by is recorded as The Order of Things[10].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's OCLC number is recorded as 12214239[11].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's place of publication is recorded as Paris[12].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's language of work or name is recorded as French[13].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's country of origin is recorded as France[14].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's publication date is recorded as +1963-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04n66rc[16].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's Open Library ID is recorded as OL10477593W[17].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's translator is recorded as Alan Sheridan[18].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126707400[19].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's main subject is recorded as philosophy[20].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 23823[21].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's number of pages is recorded as {'amount': '+212'}[22].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Naissance de la clinique'}[23].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Une archéologie du regard médical'}[24].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's OCLC work ID is recorded as 19943259[25].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 811276[26].
  • The Birth of the Clinic's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 55034[27].

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Designation and Status

The Birth of the Clinic's instance of is recorded as written work[5].

Why It Matters

The Birth of the Clinic ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

France Michel Foucault philosophy sociology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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