{"product_id":"2026200017433-secondhand-the-divided-self","title":"The Divided Self","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be sane in an insane world? R. D. Laing's groundbreaking work The Divided Self presents a radical re-examination of madness, arguing that schizophrenia and psychosis are not simply biological disorders but intelligible, meaningful responses to an unbearable social reality. Through a series of vivid case studies and penetrating analysis, Laing chronicles the inner world of individuals diagnosed with mental illness, illuminating the profound logic that underlies what mainstream psychiatry dismisses as irrational behaviour, and revealing the existential terror at the heart of the fractured self.\n\nPublished in 1960, The Divided Self marked a seismic shift in psychiatric thinking and established Laing as the foremost voice of the anti-psychiatry movement. Writing with a rare blend of clinical precision and existential philosophy — drawing heavily on the traditions of Sartre, Kierkegaard, and Husserl — Laing argues that the boundary between sanity and insanity is far more porous than society dares to admit. His prose is at once incisive and deeply humanising, restoring dignity to those on the margins of mental health discourse. A work that continues to unsettle, provoke, and inspire, it leaves the reader questioning not the madness of the patient, but the sanity of the world that condemns them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210271269083,"sku":"2026200017433-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2ad09bb5-10c5-44e3-a88f-cb85651d575d.png?v=1788268514","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017433-secondhand-the-divided-self","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}