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Madness and Civilization

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Madness and Civilization - essay by Michel Foucault. This book is the 2400th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “Madness and Civilization” in Simple English Wikipedia has 4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in Russian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 2400th most popular in books.

Since the creation of article “Madness and Civilization”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 394 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Madness and Civilization is on the 2400th place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 473 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #13672 in December 2023
  • Global: #35233 in November 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #39263 in June 2025
  • Global: #134024 in November 2017

There are 23 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Russian (ru)
История безумия в классическую эпоху
56.4774
2English (en)
Madness and Civilization
46.2075
3Ukrainian (uk)
Історія божевілля в класичну епоху
39.5826
4French (fr)
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
27.365
5Estonian (et)
Hullus ja arutus
25.8891
6Catalan (ca)
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
23.5003
7Hindi (hi)
मैडनेस एंड सिविलाइज़ेशन
22.4061
8Czech (cs)
Dějiny šílenství
21.9129
9Portuguese (pt)
História da Loucura
17.6132
10Italian (it)
Storia della follia nell'età classica
17.217
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Madness and Civilization" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Madness and Civilization
1 111 794
2French (fr)
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
289 138
3Italian (it)
Storia della follia nell'età classica
150 326
4Japanese (ja)
狂気の歴史
129 528
5Spanish (es)
Historia de la locura en la época clásica
125 403
6Portuguese (pt)
História da Loucura
117 081
7Chinese (zh)
疯癫与文明
86 534
8Hebrew (he)
תולדות השיגעון בעידן התבונה
52 867
9Russian (ru)
История безумия в классическую эпоху
51 036
10Persian (fa)
تاریخ جنون
42 220
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Madness and Civilization" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Madness and Civilization
5 398
2French (fr)
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
1 102
3Japanese (ja)
狂気の歴史
1 071
4Chinese (zh)
疯癫与文明
786
5Spanish (es)
Historia de la locura en la época clásica
683
6Portuguese (pt)
História da Loucura
609
7Russian (ru)
История безумия в классическую эпоху
579
8Italian (it)
Storia della follia nell'età classica
524
9Simple English (simple)
Madness and Civilization
237
10Korean (ko)
광기의 역사
223
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Madness and Civilization" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Madness and Civilization
95
2French (fr)
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
54
3Italian (it)
Storia della follia nell'età classica
38
4Hebrew (he)
תולדות השיגעון בעידן התבונה
34
5Portuguese (pt)
História da Loucura
23
6Japanese (ja)
狂気の歴史
22
7Persian (fa)
تاریخ جنون
19
8Chinese (zh)
疯癫与文明
17
9Greek (el)
Η ιστορία της τρέλας
12
10Czech (cs)
Dějiny šílenství
11
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Madness and Civilization" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Hebrew (he)
תולדות השיגעון בעידן התבונה
1
2Arabic (ar)
تاريخ الجنون في العصر الكلاسيكي
0
3Catalan (ca)
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
0
4Czech (cs)
Dějiny šílenství
0
5Greek (el)
Η ιστορία της τρέλας
0
6English (en)
Madness and Civilization
0
7Spanish (es)
Historia de la locura en la época clásica
0
8Estonian (et)
Hullus ja arutus
0
9Persian (fa)
تاریخ جنون
0
10Finnish (fi)
Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Madness and Civilization" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Madness and Civilization
159
2Portuguese (pt)
História da Loucura
78
3French (fr)
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
48
4Russian (ru)
История безумия в классическую эпоху
48
5Chinese (zh)
疯癫与文明
30
6Persian (fa)
تاریخ جنون
27
7Italian (it)
Storia della follia nell'età classica
19
8Japanese (ja)
狂気の歴史
11
9Spanish (es)
Historia de la locura en la época clásica
9
10Hebrew (he)
תולדות השיגעון בעידן התבונה
8
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تاريخ الجنون في العصر الكلاسيكي
caCatalan
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
csCzech
Dějiny šílenství
elGreek
Η ιστορία της τρέλας
enEnglish
Madness and Civilization
esSpanish
Historia de la locura en la época clásica
etEstonian
Hullus ja arutus
faPersian
تاریخ جنون
fiFinnish
Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique
frFrench
Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
heHebrew
תולדות השיגעון בעידן התבונה
hiHindi
मैडनेस एंड सिविलाइज़ेशन
itItalian
Storia della follia nell'età classica
jaJapanese
狂気の歴史
koKorean
광기의 역사
nlDutch
Geschiedenis van de waanzin in de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw
ptPortuguese
História da Loucura
ruRussian
История безумия в классическую эпоху
simpleSimple English
Madness and Civilization
svSwedish
Vansinnets historia under den klassiska epoken
trTurkish
Deliliğin Tarihi
ukUkrainian
Історія божевілля в класичну епоху
zhChinese
疯癫与文明

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#39263
06.2025
Global:
#134024
11.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#13672
12.2023
Global:
#35233
11.2019

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Madness and Civilization from Wikipedia articles about Michel Foucault, Michel Foucault bibliography, The Archaeology of Knowledge, The Myth of Mental Illness and Psychiatric hospital. Whereas reading the article about Madness and Civilization people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Michel Foucault, Phenomenological sociology, Ship of Fools, Structuralism and Leprosy.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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