Laing
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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At the turbulent crossroads of psychiatry, philosophy, and radical politics, R.D. Laing stands as one of the twentieth century's most provocative and controversial thinkers — and Edgar Z. Friedenberg's incisive study cuts straight to the heart of what made him so compelling and so dangerous to the psychiatric establishment. Part of the acclaimed Fontana Modern Masters series, edited by Frank Kermode, this compact but penetrating work chronicles Laing's revolutionary argument that mental illness is not a biological defect but a rational, if anguished, response to an insane world — a thesis that shook the foundations of conventional psychiatry and ignited fierce debate across disciplines. Friedenberg presents Laing's intellectual journey with clarity and critical rigour, tracing the Scottish psychiatrist's evolution from his early clinical work to his landmark texts such as The Divided Self and The Politics of Experience, illuminating how Laing's existentialist and phenomenological influences shaped a uniquely humanistic vision of the mind. The Fontana Modern Masters series was designed to make the ideas of the century's greatest thinkers accessible without sacrificing intellectual depth, and Friedenberg proves a masterful guide — sympathetic yet searching. For anyone who has ever questioned whether sanity itself is a social construct, this remains an essential and deeply unsettling introduction.
Author: Edgar Z. Friedenberg
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, philosophy, and radical politics, R.D. Laing stands as one of the twentieth century's most provocative and controversial thinkers — and Edgar Z. Friedenberg's incisive study cuts straight to the heart of what made him so compelling and so dangerous to the psychiatric establishment. Part of the acclaimed Fontana Modern Masters series, edited by Frank Kermode, this compact but penetrating work chronicles Laing's revolutionary argument that mental illness is not a biological defect but a rational, if anguished, response to an insane world — a thesis that shook the foundations of conventional psychiatry and ignited fierce debate across disciplines. Friedenberg presents Laing's intellectual journey with clarity and critical rigour, tracing the Scottish psychiatrist's evolution from his early clinical work to his landmark texts such as The Divided Self and The Politics of Experience, illuminating how Laing's existentialist and phenomenological influences shaped a uniquely humanistic vision of the mind. The Fontana Modern Masters series was designed to make the ideas of the century's greatest thinkers accessible without sacrificing intellectual depth, and Friedenberg proves a masterful guide — sympathetic yet searching. For anyone who has ever questioned whether sanity itself is a social construct, this remains an essential and deeply unsettling introduction.