Psychopolitics

An impassioned critique of mental health movements from one of the left's most important thinkers on health

Sommario

Introduction to the New Edition

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Part One: Anti-Psychiatry

1. Anti-Psychiatry, Illness and the Mentally Ill

2. Psycho-Medical Dualism: The Case of Erving Goffman

3. R.D. Laing: The Radical Trip

4. R.D. Laing: The Return to Psychiatry

5. Michel Foucault: The Anti-History of Psychiatry

6. Psychiatry and Politics in Thomas Szasz

Part Two: Psychiatry and Liberation

7. Mental Health Movements and Issues: A Survey and Prospect

References

Index

Info autore

Peter Sedgwick (1934-1983) was a Marxist, a trained psychologist and the translator of the revolutionary Victor Serge. His classic book PsychoPolitics is considered to be his major achievement, lauded by psychiatrists, social workers and philosophers alike.
Tad Tietze is a psychiatrist who lives in Sydney, Australia. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Modern Age, Overland, Historical Materialism, Australasian Psychiatry and Critical and Radical Social Work. He tweets as @Dr_Tad.

Riassunto

An impassioned critique of mental health movements from one of the left’s most important thinkers on health

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Sedgwick, Sedgwick Peter
• Con la collaborazione di: Tad Tietze (Introduzione)
• Editore: Pluto
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780745347226
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4722-6
• Pagine: 304
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Sistema politico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; MEDICAL / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Psychiatry, Social welfare & social services, Health psychology, Care of the mentally ill, Social welfare and social services, Care of people with mental health issues