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Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental
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by Thomas Szasz

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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."

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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.'

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  • Title Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement
  • Author Thomas Szasz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 406
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1997-04-01
  • ISBN 9780815604617 / 0815604610
  • Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.04 x 5.62 x 0.9 in (20.42 x 14.27 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Psychology
  • Library of Congress subjects Social control, Psychology, Social
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96048784
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.204

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Thomas Szasz is the author of over six hundred articles and twenty-four books. He was a practicing psychiatrist and a professor of psychiatry emeritus at the Health Science Center, State University of New York, in Syracuse.

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