The Manufacture of Madness
A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Syracuse University Press
Published:1st Apr '97
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
ISBN: 9780815604617
Dimensions: 210mm x 133mm x 23mm
Weight: 454g
406 pages