{"product_id":"manufacture-of-madness-a-comparative-study-of-the-inquisition-and-the-mental-health-movement-paperback","title":"Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Szasz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Szasz\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 406\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.04 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130497732743,"sku":"9780815604617","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c5731c495d4f21548887153bef60eba6.webp?v=1732611309","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/manufacture-of-madness-a-comparative-study-of-the-inquisition-and-the-mental-health-movement-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}