Laing And Anti-Psychiatry
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Book: Good
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Pages: Good
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At the turbulent crossroads of psychiatry, politics, and existential philosophy stands Laing and Anti-Psychiatry, a landmark anthology that captures the radical intellectual ferment surrounding one of the twentieth century's most controversial thinkers. The volume brings together a remarkable assembly of voices — including contributions from Berns, Collier, Farberow, Frankenberg, Gordon, Lee, Nelson, Boatswain, Redner, Siegler, and others — to interrogate, challenge, and contextualise the ideas of R.D. Laing, whose provocative theories on madness, the family, and social conformity shook the psychiatric establishment to its foundations. Through essays, interviews, and a symposium, the collection presents a rigorous multi-perspectival critique of the anti-psychiatry movement, illuminating the profound tensions between institutional medicine and humanistic approaches to mental illness. Laing's argument — that schizophrenia and other diagnoses are not biological diseases but intelligible responses to an insane society — is examined with unflinching intellectual honesty, revealing both the visionary power and the limitations of his thought. Published as a Penguin Special, this volume remains an indispensable document of a defining cultural and medical debate, one that continues to reverberate through contemporary discussions of mental health, power, and what it truly means to be sane in a fractured world.
Author: R.D. Laing
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the turbulent crossroads of psychiatry, politics, and existential philosophy stands Laing and Anti-Psychiatry, a landmark anthology that captures the radical intellectual ferment surrounding one of the twentieth century's most controversial thinkers. The volume brings together a remarkable assembly of voices — including contributions from Berns, Collier, Farberow, Frankenberg, Gordon, Lee, Nelson, Boatswain, Redner, Siegler, and others — to interrogate, challenge, and contextualise the ideas of R.D. Laing, whose provocative theories on madness, the family, and social conformity shook the psychiatric establishment to its foundations. Through essays, interviews, and a symposium, the collection presents a rigorous multi-perspectival critique of the anti-psychiatry movement, illuminating the profound tensions between institutional medicine and humanistic approaches to mental illness. Laing's argument — that schizophrenia and other diagnoses are not biological diseases but intelligible responses to an insane society — is examined with unflinching intellectual honesty, revealing both the visionary power and the limitations of his thought. Published as a Penguin Special, this volume remains an indispensable document of a defining cultural and medical debate, one that continues to reverberate through contemporary discussions of mental health, power, and what it truly means to be sane in a fractured world.