Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study by Thomas Szasz 1997 Reprint

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Thomas Szasz
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Date of Publication
19970331
EAN
9780815604617
ISBN
0815604610
Book Title
Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition...
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Publisher
Syracuse University Press
ISBN-10
0815604610
ISBN-13
9780815604617
eBay Product ID (ePID)
282746

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
406 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Manufacture of Madness : a Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement
Publication Year
1997
Subject
Sociology / General, Psychopathology / General, Mental Health, Psychiatry / General, Disease & Health Issues, History
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Author
Thomas Szasz
Subject Area
Social Science, Psychology, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
96-048784
Reviews
The Manufacture of Madness . . . is strictly an 8-to-1 jolt, a blockbuster. This is Szasz at his best: driving relentlessly; writing with consummate artistry and a dazzling, indeed overwhelming, scholarship. . . . It is the most important of Szasz' work to date, and it is a definitive statement, a classic of its kind, both as the underground history of psychiatry and, no doubt, as prophecy.
Dewey Edition
18
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
616.89/009
Edition Description
Reprint
Table Of Content
PART I: The Inquisition and Institutional Psychiatry 1. Society's Internal Enemies and Protectors 2. The Malefactor Identified 3. The Malefactor Authenticated 4. The Defense of the Dominant Ethic 5 The Witch as Mental Patient 6. The Witch as Healer 7. The Witch as Scapegoat 8. The Myths of Witchcraft and Mental Illness PART II: The Manufacture of Madness 9. The New Manufacturer-Benjamin Rush, the Father of American Psychiatry 10. The Product Conversion-from Heresy to Illness 11. The New Product-Masturbatory Insanity 12. The Manufacture of Medical Stigma 13. The Model Psychiatric Scapegoat-the Homosexual 14. The Expulsion of Evil 15. The Struggle for Self-Esteem Epilogue: "The Painted Bird" Appendix: A Synoptic History of Persecutions for Witchcraft and Mental Illness References Bibliography Index
Synopsis
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.", Every age, labels others to a particular fate, such as the witch consigned to the fire. The priest has now been replaced by the psychiatrist and this text examines the role of medicine as a more insidious tyrant than religion, as it claims to be beneficial to both the patient and the commonwealth., 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.?, 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.", Every age, Thomas Szasz maintains, has its methods of labeling others to assign them a particular fate; the witch and the heretic were consigned to fire, for example. In the twentieth century, however, the priest has been replaced by the psychiatrist, the infidel by the patient; only the way in which the victims differ from society at large with its ensuing punishment (all for the good of society, then, as now) is different. Indeed, Szasz makes it clear that medicine is if anything a more insidious tyrant than religion because it purports to be beneficial to the patient as well as the commonwealth."Of the thousands of books published each year in the United States, only a small proportion represents a significant contribution to the advancement of man's understanding of man. In my opinion, The Method of Madness is one of those rare books". -- American Sociological Review
LC Classification Number
RC438.S92 1997

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