Liberation by Oppression
(Redirected from Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry)
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| Author | Thomas Szasz |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Psychiatry |
| Published | 2002 |
| Publication place | United States |
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| ISBN | 978-0-7658-0145-6 |
Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry is a 2002 critique of psychiatry by the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.
Summary
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Szasz compares the justification of psychiatry with the justification of slavery in the United States, stating that both necessarily deny the subject's right to personhood.
Reception
[edit]Reviews on this book were published by Psychiatric Services,[1] The British Journal of Psychiatry,[2][3] Ethical Human Sciences and Services,[4] and The Independent Review.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Padykula, Nora LaFond (April 2004). "Liberation by Oppression" (PDF). Psychiatric Services. 55 (4): 461. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.55.4.461. ISSN 1557-9700. S2CID 74514592. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ Persaud, Raj (2003). "Liberation by Oppression". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 182 (3): 273. doi:10.1192/bjp.182.3.273.
- ^ Schaler, J. A. (2003). "Slavery and psychiatry". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 183 (1): 77–78. doi:10.1192/bjp.183.1.77-a. PMID 12835252.
- ^ Cohen, David (2003). "Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry". Ethical Human Sciences and Services. 5 (1): 75–78. ISSN 1523-150X.
- ^ Baker, Robert (Winter 2003). "Psychiatry's Gentleman Abolitionist" (PDF). The Independent Review. VII (3): 455–460. ISSN 1086-1653. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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