ENGLISH

The manufacture of madness: A comparative study of the inquisition and the mental health movement

By Thomas Stephen Szasz

Book information

Publisher
Harper & Row
Year
1977
ISBN
0060905603, 9780060905606
Open Library ID
OL7283974M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3667299 bytes)
Pages
409\409
Library
kolxoz
DPI
300
Time added
2011-02-14 12:09:19

Description

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."

Similar books