The Manufacture of Madness

The Manufacture of Madness
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Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 0815604610
ISBN-13 : 9780815604617
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Book Synopsis The Manufacture of Madness by : Thomas Szasz

Download or read book The Manufacture of Madness written by Thomas Szasz and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.”


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