Manufacture Of Madness: A Comparative Study Of The Inquisition And The Mental Health Movement
by Thomas Szasz /
1997 / English / PDF
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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."
