Цивилизационная миссия психиатрической реформы Пинеля. Часть 1. Идейные предпосылки

In this scientific review, pursuing the objective of providing substantiation for the part played by Philippe Pinel’s reform in the history of psychiatry and culture as a whole, we make a critical assessment of Michel Foucault’s position, according to which the true significance of Philippe Pinel for the history of culture should be seen in the context of the ideology of antipsychiatry. Based on the historical-scientific and the sociocultural factual material we describe the civilizational mission of Philippe Pinel’s activity as a medical doctor and scientist on par with such great men of French science as Antoine Lavoisier, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Marie Francois Xavier Bichat, et al.