Looking for a Good Thomas Szasz Book

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Nich
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Conspirator for: 15 years 5 weeks
Posted on: January 23, 2011 - 1:09am

I'm looking for a good Thomas Szasz book if someone has one they'd like to suggest.  Psychiatry is a subject that interests me because I know so little about it.  It is rarely discussed, and while I hold some very basic moral views about it, I have absolutely nothing scientific or comphensive on the subject.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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LysanderSpooner
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Conspirator for: 16 years 46 weeks
Posted on: January 23, 2011 - 9:05am #1

Insanity:  The Idea and Its Consequences

The Manufacture of Madness

Ceremonial Chemistry:  The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts and Pushers (Not Strictly about Psychiatry but a classic)

Cruel Compassion:  Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted

Law, Liberty and Psychiatry

 

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Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it

Learned Hand

In the past men created witches: now they create mental patients.
Thomas Szasz

Relinquish liberty for the purposes of defense in an emergency?
Why? It would seem that in an emergency, of all times, one needs
his greatest strength. So if liberty is strength and slavery is weakness,
liberty is a necessity rather than a luxury, and we can ill afford
to be without it—least of all during an emergency.

F.A. Harper

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Nich
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Posted on: January 23, 2011 - 4:15pm #2

Thanks, I'll probably pick Insanity or Manufacture, seeing how my campus library has both.

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LysanderSpooner
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Conspirator for: 16 years 46 weeks
Posted on: August 5, 2011 - 7:34pm #3

You could also go to http://www.szasz.com/

 

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