The Politics of Experience
by LAING, R.D.Edition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 1983-08-12
Publisher(s): Pantheon
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Summary
Unorthodox to some, brilliantly original to others, The Politics of Experience goes beyond the usual theories of mental illness and alienation, and makes a convincing case for the 'madness or morality.'
Author Biography
R.D. Laing was born in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, where he later taught. He served as a psychiatrist and physician for the army and public clinics before turning to private family pratice as a psychoanalyst in the 1960s.
Dr. Laing wrote several books, including The Divided Self, Reason and Violence, The Politics of the Family, and The Voice of Experience. He died in 1989.
Dr. Laing wrote several books, including The Divided Self, Reason and Violence, The Politics of the Family, and The Voice of Experience. He died in 1989.
Table of Contents
THE POLITICS OF EXPERIENCE • 15
1 Persons and Experience • 17
2 The Psychotherapeutic Experience • 46
3 The Mystifications of Experience • 57
4 Us and Them • 77
5 The Schizophrenic Experience • 100
6 Transcendental Experience • 131
7 A Ten-Day Passage • 171
THE BIRD OF PARADISE • 171
1 Persons and Experience • 17
2 The Psychotherapeutic Experience • 46
3 The Mystifications of Experience • 57
4 Us and Them • 77
5 The Schizophrenic Experience • 100
6 Transcendental Experience • 131
7 A Ten-Day Passage • 171
THE BIRD OF PARADISE • 171
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