The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

Description: Psychiatrist Thomas S. Szasz’s controversial critique of institutional psychiatry and the concept of mental illness as a mechanism of social control. Szasz draws an extended comparison between the historical Inquisition and the modern mental-health establishment, arguing that psychiatric labeling and compulsory treatment can function as forms of social coercion. An important work in the history of psychiatry, civil liberties, and the broader anti-psychiatry debate of the twentieth century. Szasz was also the author of The Myth of Mental Illness and Law, Liberty and Psychiatry. This copy is a Delta Books fifth printing of the work originally published in 1970. Detailed Condition: Good softcover. Covers show moderate rubbing, surface wear, light soiling, corner and edge wear, and some creasing. Spine remains readable with rubbing and age toning. Page edges are toned from age. Binding appears intact and serviceable. Interior pages shown are generally clean. A solid reading/collecting copy of an increasingly interesting title in the history of psychiatry. Shipping / Returns: Books are carefully packed and shipped with tracking. Thirty-day returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. PSYCH 4a.…