The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise Paperback / softback
by R. D. Laing
Paperback / softback
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In ‘The Politics of Experience’ and the visionary ‘Bird of Paradise’, R.D.
Laing shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us all leads to intense feelings of alienation and a tragic waste of human potential.
He throws into question the notion of normality, examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and ‘us and them’ thinking, and illustrates his ideas with a remarkable case history of a ten-day psychosis. ‘We are bemused and crazed creatures,’ Laing suggests.
This outline of ‘a thoroughly self-conscious and self-critical human account of man’ represents a major attempt to understand our deepest dilemmas and sketch in solutions. ‘Everyone in contemporary psychiatry owes something to R.D.
Laing’ Anthony Clare, the Guardian.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:26/04/1990
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- ISBN:9780140134865
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:26/04/1990
- Category:
- ISBN:9780140134865