A Lexicon of Lunacy
Metaphoric Malady, Moral Responsibility, and Psychiatry
Thomas Szasz is renowned for his critical exploration of the literal language of psychiatry and his rejection of officially sanctioned definitions of mental illness. His work has initiated a continuing debate in the psychiatric community whose essence is often misunderstood. Szasz's critique of the established view of mental illness is rooted in an insistent distinction between disease and behavior. In his view, psychiatrists have misapplied the vocabulary of disease as metaphorical figures to denote a range of deviant behaviors from the merely eccentric to the criminal. In A Lexicon of Lunacy, Szasz extends his analysis of psychiatric langua…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7658-0506-5
- EAN: 9780765805065
- Produktnummer: 1833519
- Verlag: Taylor and Francis
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 214 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 400 g
- Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
- Gewicht: 400
Über den Autor
Thomas Szasz is professor of psychiatry emeritus at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, Washington, D.C. He is the author of over two dozen books in fifteen languages, including The Myth of Mental Illness, Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America, and most recently Liberation by Oppression, also available from Transaction.
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