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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas SzaszPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Transaction Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.362kg ISBN: 9780765805409ISBN 10: 0765805405 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 31 August 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews"""In Liberation by Oppression, his latest thrust at the Therapeutic State and psychiatric mendacity, Szasz leaves no doubt as to the legitimacy and credibility of his arguments.... [It] is a valiant and worthy effort by one of the great modern thinkers to keep the flame of liberty burning. It is a bold, powerful, and intellectually spirited debunking of the psychiatric pseudoscience that debases the human spirit and damages countless lives. It is a masterful defense of both reason and individual rights."" - Robert A. Baker, American latrogenic Association Library; ""Every defender of the therapeutic state should be strapped down and made to answer the questions Dr. Szasz poses about the psychiatric industry's mission creep."" - Mick Hume, columnist, The Times, London and editor, spiked-online.com" In Liberation by Oppression, his latest thrust at the Therapeutic State and psychiatric mendacity, Szasz leaves no doubt as to the legitimacy and credibility of his arguments.... [It] is a valiant and worthy effort by one of the great modern thinkers to keep the flame of liberty burning. It is a bold, powerful, and intellectually spirited debunking of the psychiatric pseudoscience that debases the human spirit and damages countless lives. It is a masterful defense of both reason and individual rights. - Robert A. Baker, American latrogenic Association Library; Every defender of the therapeutic state should be strapped down and made to answer the questions Dr. Szasz poses about the psychiatric industry's mission creep. - Mick Hume, columnist, The Times, London and editor, spiked-online.com Author InformationThomas Szasz (1920-2012) was professor of psychiatry emeritus at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, Washington, DC. He was a prominent figure in the anti-psychiatry movement and a critic of the moral and scientific foundation of psychiatry. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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