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The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement
Thomas Szasz
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Paperback. Every age, labels others to a particular fate, such as the witch consigned to the fire. The priest has now been replaced by the psychiatrist and this text examines the role of medicine as a more insidious tyrant than religion, as it claims to be beneficial to both the patient and the commonwealth. Num Pages: 426 pages, appendix, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHM; JPVH; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
In this seminal work, Dr. Szasz examines the similarities between the Inquisition and institutional psychiatry. His purpose is to show "that the belief in mental illness and the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications and political consequences as had the belief in witchcraft and the social actions to which it led.
In this seminal work, Dr. Szasz examines the similarities between the Inquisition and institutional psychiatry. His purpose is to show "that the belief in mental illness and the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications and political consequences as had the belief in witchcraft and the social actions to which it led.
Product Details
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
406
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815604617
SKU
V9780815604617
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About Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz is the author of over six hundred articles and twenty-four books. He was a practicing psychiatrist and a professor of psychiatry emeritus at the Health Science Center, State University of New York, in Syracuse.
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