The Birth of the Clinic
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The Birth of the Clinic is a seminal work of philosophy and history by Michel Foucault that analyzes the emergence of modern medical perception and institutions in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Birth of the Clinic canonical | 2 |
| Naissance de la clinique | 1 |
| The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1444200 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Birth of the Clinic Context triple: [Michel Foucault, notableWork, The Birth of the Clinic]
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The Phenomenon of Man
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Mirour de l’Omme
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Birth of the Clinic Target entity description: The Birth of the Clinic is a seminal work of philosophy and history by Michel Foucault that analyzes the emergence of modern medical perception and institutions in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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A.
The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
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B.
Mirour de l’Omme
Mirour de l’Omme is a lengthy Middle French moral and allegorical poem by John Gower that explores human sin, virtue, and the nature of society.
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C.
Minima Moralia
Minima Moralia is a collection of aphoristic reflections by Theodor W. Adorno that critically examines everyday life, culture, and morality in the context of late capitalism and postwar society.
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D.
Le Spleen de Paris
Le Spleen de Paris is a collection of prose poems by Charles Baudelaire that explores modern urban life, ennui, and the human psyche in a fragmented, lyrical form.
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E.
La Condition humaine
La Condition humaine is a 1933 existential and political novel by André Malraux set during the 1927 Chinese revolution, exploring human destiny, commitment, and revolutionary struggle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history of medicine book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy book ⓘ |
| author | Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
formation of modern medical perception
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historical conditions of possibility for clinical medicine ⓘ link between medical knowledge and institutional structures ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle |
The Birth of the Clinic
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception
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| EnglishTranslator | A. M. Sheridan Smith ⓘ |
| field |
history
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history of ideas ⓘ philosophy ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
emergence of the modern clinic
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relationship between seeing and saying in medicine ⓘ transformation of medical discourse ⓘ |
| follows | Madness and Civilization ⓘ |
| genre | genealogical study ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical theory of health
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medical humanities ⓘ sociology of medicine ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
anatomo-clinical method
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clinical gaze ⓘ hospital as institution ⓘ medical space ⓘ |
| methodology | archaeology of knowledge ⓘ |
| movement |
French theory
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post-structuralism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Birth of the Clinic
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Naissance de la clinique
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| partOf | Michel Foucault's early works ⓘ |
| precedes | The Order of Things ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | Presses Universitaires de France ⓘ |
| subject |
clinical gaze
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history of medicine ⓘ hospital system ⓘ medical epistemology ⓘ medical institutions ⓘ medical perception ⓘ modernity ⓘ power and knowledge ⓘ |
| timePeriodAnalyzed |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
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Naissance de la clinique
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The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception