The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health MovementIn this seminal work, Dr. Szasz examines the similarities between the Inquisition and institutional psychiatry. His purpose is to show “that the belief in mental illness and the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications and political consequences as had the belief in witchcraft and the social actions to which it led.” |
Contents
The Malefactor Identified | 28 |
The Malefactor Authenticated | 42 |
The Defense of the Dominant Ethic | 57 |
The Witch as Mental Patient | 68 |
The Witch as Healer | 82 |
The Witch as Scapegoat | 95 |
The Myths of Witchcraft and Mental Illness | 111 |
PART | 135 |
The Product Conversionfrom Heresy to Illness | 160 |
The New ProductMasturbatory Insanity | 180 |
The Manufacture of Medical Stigma | 207 |
The Model Psychiatric Scapegoatthe Homosexual | 242 |
The Expulsion of Evil | 260 |
The Struggle for SelfEsteem | 276 |
for Witchcraft and Mental Illness | 293 |
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