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."
Author: Thomas Szasz
Publisher: Syracuse University Publications in Continuin
Published: 04/01/1997
Pages: 406
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.62w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780815604617
ISBN10: 0815604610
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychopathology | General
About the Author
Thomas Szasz is the author of over six hundred articles and twenty-four books. He was a practicing psychiatrist and a professor of psychiatry emeritus at the Health Science Center, State University of New York, in Syracuse.