1623 History of Shit Histoire de la merde.jpg Author Dominique Laporte Original title Histoire de la merde Cover artist Roland Topor Language French Publisher C. Bourgois Publication date 1978 Pages 119 pp ISBN 978-2-267-00109-9 OCLC 4438456 History of Shit (H 2019-02-28 1623 History of Shit (Histoire de la merde: Prologue) is a 1978 book by French psychoanalyst Dominique Laporte (1949–1984). It uses an idiosyncratic method of historical genealogy derived from, among others, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Georges Bataille 2019-02-28 1623 suggests a mischievous or contemptuous person. Euphemisms such as crap are not usually used in this context. 2019-02-28