| Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement Contributor(s): Szasz, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815604610 ISBN-13: 9780815604617 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1997 Annotation: 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.' |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General |
| Dewey: 362.204 |
| LCCN: 96048784 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.62" W x 8.04" (1.03 lbs) 406 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |