sp ons or " ▁for ▁the ▁work : ▁Fou ca ult ▁chose ▁Georges ▁C angu il hem . ▁The ▁second ▁was ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁publish er , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁Fol ie ▁et ▁dé ra ison ▁would ▁be ▁published ▁in ▁French ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁by ▁the ▁company ▁Pl on , ▁whom ▁Fou ca ult ▁chose ▁over ▁Press es ▁Univers it aires ▁de ▁France ▁after ▁being ▁rejected ▁by ▁Gall im ard . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁a ▁heavily ▁ab rid ged ▁version ▁was ▁published ▁as ▁a ▁mass ▁market ▁paper back , ▁then ▁translated ▁into ▁English ▁for ▁publication ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁as ▁Mad ness ▁and ▁Civil ization : ▁A ▁History ▁of ▁Ins an ity ▁in ▁the ▁Age ▁of ▁Re ason . ▁ ▁Fol ie ▁et ▁dé ra ison ▁received ▁a ▁mixed ▁reception ▁in ▁France ▁and ▁in ▁foreign ▁journ als ▁foc using ▁on ▁French ▁affairs . ▁Although ▁it ▁was ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed ▁by ▁Maurice ▁Bl anch ot , ▁Michel ▁Ser res , ▁Roland ▁Bar thes , ▁Gast on ▁Bach el ard , ▁and ▁Fern and ▁Bra ud el , ▁it ▁was ▁largely ▁ignored ▁by ▁the ▁left ist ▁press , ▁much ▁to ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁disappoint ment . ▁It ▁was ▁not ably ▁critic ised ▁for ▁advoc ating ▁met aph ys ics ▁by ▁young ▁phil os opher ▁Jacques ▁Der r ida ▁in ▁a ▁March ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁lecture ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Paris . ▁Res pond ing ▁with ▁a ▁v icious ▁ret ort , ▁Fou