Ideology and Insanity: Essays on the Psychiatric Dehumanization of Man

By Thomas Szasz

Book Overview

This book is a collection of the earliest essays of Thomas Szasz, in which he staked out his position on "the nature, scope, methods, and values of psychiatry." On each of these issues, he opposed the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385020333
• ISBN13: 9780385020336
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

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