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From1971UntilHisDeathIn1984,FoucaultGavePublicLecturesAtTheWorld-FamousCollegeDeFrance.AttendedByThousands,TheseWereSeminalEventsInTheWorldOfFrenchLetters.PicadorIsProudToBePublishingTheLecturesInThirteenVolumes.TheLecturesComprising"Abnormal"BeginByExaminingTheRoleOfPsychiatryInModernCriminalJustice,AndItsMethodOfCategorizingIndividualsWho"ResembleTheirCrimeBeforeTheyCommitIt."BuildingOnTheThemesOfSocietalSelf-DefenseIn"SocietyMustBeDefended,"FoucaultShowsHowAndWhyDefining"Abnormality"And"Normality"WerePreorogativesOfPowerInTheNineteenthCentury.TheCollegeDeFranceLecturesAddImmeasurablyToOurAppreciationOfFoucault'SWorkAndOfferAUniqueWindowIntoHisThinking.