Insanity: The Idea and Its Consequences

ISBN-13: 9780815604600 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 432 str.

Thomas Szasz

Opis

The idea of insanity pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Thomas Szasz contends that the term actually functions as a euphemism for problems in living, as an excuse for crime and misbehaviour, as a stigma for invalidating adversaries - and, generally, as a metaphor and legal fiction.