Insanity: The Idea and Its Consequences
From one of the most renowned and controversial thinkers in behavioral science, here is a critical examination of the way both science and society define insanity. Attacking the universally accepted psychiatric doctrines that blur the distinction between literal and metaphoric diseases, Szasz argues that insanity is not an objectively definable or identifiable condition and presents a more fully-rounded account of the insanity concept, showing how it relates to and differs from three closely allied ideas--social deviance, bodily illness and the sick role. Reveals why it is truly impossible to understand psychiatric problems without first dist…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8156-0460-0
- EAN: 9780815604600
- Produktnummer: 23246892
- Verlag: Syracuse Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.5 cm 663 g
- Gewicht: 663
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