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Reasoning About Madness (Hardcover)
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Reasoning About Madness (Hardcover)
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The exact definition of "madness" remains elusive. There are
difficulties in distinguishing the criminal from the mad or, more
euphemistically, the mentally ill. Controversy has centered on the
frightening potential possessed by the state to deprive of his
rights the individual officially classified as mad. In this book,
Wing, a psychiatrist of international repute, argues for a limited
medical definition of mental illness, although he explains how even
a doctor's professional judgment may often be influenced by social
pressures. He compares concepts of madness prevalent in different
types of society, examining, for example, the Marxist attitude
towards the deviant in a socialist state. In a chapter which draws
much from his own experience, he shows precisely how the apparatus
of state medicine is used to suppress political dissidence in
Russia. He also critically reviews the petty tyrannies prevalent in
the West and tackles the difficult analytical problem of
schizophrenia, a subject on which he is one of the most respected
medical authorities. Reasoning about Madness is an original and
important work in which the author successfully resists the
temptation to erect "grand theories that explain nothing because
they attempt to explain everything." Instead, he concentrates on
developing a definition of madness which strikes a balance between
the benefits of medical care and the preservation of human
liberties.
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