The Manufacture of Madness

A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

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Thomas Szasz

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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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date NZ

March 31st, 1997

Author

Thomas Szasz

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

406

Dimensions

133x210x23

ISBN-13

9780815604617

Product ID

3589136

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