This set reprints seven of Laing's major works, originally published between 1960 and 1971 and out of print for many years. Laing was an existential psychiatrist who offered a radical critique of abnormal behaviour and social and medical models for its treatment. He was critical of the extent to which psychoanalytic concepts may conceal or distort human experience and of the tendency to label the patient "sick" as opposed to looking at "sickness" in the patient's family or in society. It was Laing who argued that schizophrenia is not an illness but a label for another kind of problematic...
This set reprints seven of Laing's major works, originally published between 1960 and 1971 and out of print for many years. Laing was an existentia...
In this revolutionary work, Firestone develops the theory and underlying dynamics involved in disturbed family relationships. He describes a process through which parents can uncover and work through ambivalent feelings toward their children, to gain a more compassionate view of themselves and of their children. (Parenting)
In this revolutionary work, Firestone develops the theory and underlying dynamics involved in disturbed family relationships. He describes a process t...