Title: Insanity
Subtitle: The Idea and Its Consequences
First published: 1987
Description: The idea of "insanity" pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Here, Szasz contends that the term actually functions as a euphemism for problems in living, as an excuse for crime and misbehaviour, as a stigma for invalidating adversaries - and, generally, as a metaphor and legal fiction.
Subjects: Mental illness, Power (Social sciences), Social psychiatry, Medical Philosophy, Mental Disorders, Psychiatrie sociale, Maladies mentales, Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)