Full name: The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

Author: Thomas S. Szasz Year: 1970 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Psychology, Non Fiction, Philosophy, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780815604617 0815604610

s/t: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition & the Mental Health Movement 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." Similar books: The Myth of Mental Illness by Thomas S. Szasz The Story of Psychology by Morton Hunt Madness Explained by Richard P. Bentall Saving Normal by Allen Frances A History of Psychiatry by Edward Shorter Muses, Madmen, and Prophets by Daniel B. Smith Cracked by James Davies Falling Into the Fire by Christine Montross Introducing Psychology by Nigel Benson 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know by Adrian Furnham Introduction to psychology by Dennis Coon Psychology by Gillian Butler 50 Psychology Classics by Tom Butler-Bowdon Madness by Roy Porter Self and Others by R. D. Laing The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist The Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene