Asylums : Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN-10
0241548004
ISBN-13
9780241548004
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 5th, 2022
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
262 grams
Dimensions
12.90 x 19.70 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Mental health servicesPopular psychology
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One of most influential social scientist of the twentieth century examines the meaning of the asylum
''Psychiatric staff share with policemen the peculiar occupational task of hectoring and moralizing adults''
This groundbreaking work of social science explores life in ''total institutions'': the closed, regimented systems of prisons, boarding schools, nursing homes and, most importantly, mental hospitals, which cut individuals off from society. Focusing on the relationship between an inmate and the institution that contains them, Goffman unpicks how lives are managed ''on the inside'', the loss of selfhood experienced by those held there, and the ways in which they try to regain their identities.
''One of the most distinguished and provocative of social scientists'' The Times
''Psychiatric staff share with policemen the peculiar occupational task of hectoring and moralizing adults''
This groundbreaking work of social science explores life in ''total institutions'': the closed, regimented systems of prisons, boarding schools, nursing homes and, most importantly, mental hospitals, which cut individuals off from society. Focusing on the relationship between an inmate and the institution that contains them, Goffman unpicks how lives are managed ''on the inside'', the loss of selfhood experienced by those held there, and the ways in which they try to regain their identities.
''One of the most distinguished and provocative of social scientists'' The Times
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