A brilliantly original book from one of the 20th century's most influentialpsychiatrists that goes beyond the usual theories of mental illness and alienation to make a convincing case for the "madness of morality." R.D. Laing is at his most wickedly iconoclastic in this eloquent...
In 'The Politics of Experience' and the visionary 'Bird of Paradise', R.D. Laing shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us all leads to intense feelings of alienation and a tragic waste of human potential. He throws into question the notion of normality, examines...
Laing attacks accepted assumptions about the nature of "normality" with a challenging view of the mental sickness built into our society.