{"product_id":"r-d-laing-and-the-paths-of-anti-psychiatry-paperback","title":"R.D. Laing and the Paths of Anti-Psychiatry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZbigniew Kotowicz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s and 1970s, the radical and visionary ideas of R. D. Laing revolutionized thinking about psychiatric practice and the meaning of madness. His work, from \u003cem\u003eThe Divided Self\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eKnots\u003c\/em\u003e, and his therapeutic community at Kingsley Hall, made him a household name. But after little more than a decade he faded from prominence as quickly as he had attained it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eR.D.Laing and the Paths of Anti-Psychiatry\u003c\/em\u003e re-examines Laing's work in the context of the anti-psychiatry movement. Concentrating on his most productive decade, the author provides a reasoned critique of Laing's theoretical writings, investigates the influences on his thinking such as phenomenology, existentialism and American family interaction research, and considers the experimental Kingsley Hall therapeutic community in comparison with anti-psychiatry experiments in Germany and Italy. The book provides a much needed reassessment and re-evaluation of Laing's work and its significance for psychotherapy and psychiatry today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe radical and visionary ideas of R.D. Laing revolutionized thinking about psychiatric practice and the meaning of madness. Concentrating on his most productive decade the author provides a reasoned critique of Laing's theoretical writings, investigates the influences on his thinking such as phenomenology, existentialism and American family interaction research, and considers the experimental Kingsley Hall therapeutic community in comparison with anti-psychiatry experiments in Germany and Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZbigniew Kotowicz\u003c\/strong\u003e trained as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with The Philadelphia Association and has worked as a community therapist and in private practice. He is now a freelance writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.51 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750854820128,"sku":"9780415116114","price":80.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/67606a55c9ab94c9dadd719dac4290ed.webp?v=1779959415","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/r-d-laing-and-the-paths-of-anti-psychiatry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}