The Manufacture of Madness
of Thomas Szasz
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s/t: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition & the Mental Health MovementIn 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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- Format Paperback
- Pages 406 pages
- Publisher Syracuse University Press
- Publication Date April 1st 1997
- First Publication 10/29/70
- Language English
- ISBN 9780815604617
- Edition Not informed
- Category Self-Development
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