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> OK, here's a question: why has Foucault's first major work never been 
> translated into English in its entirety?  All we have is Richard Howard's 
> abridged version, which omits about 2/3 of the original (including the 
> pages which are the subject of Derrida's "Cogito and the History of 
> Madness").  What's the story and is there a neww translation in the works?
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> David Pekerow
> DePaul University
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	I have often wondered about this also.  Perhaps, translating
it in its entirety would be too great a chore, or perhaps the American
publisher didn't think that many would read the book in its entirety. I agree
that the abridged translation seems to be missing something.  You get the gist
of the brilliance, but you don't seem to get the whole picture.

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