The Politics of experience and the Bird of paradise
Laing, R D
The Politics of experience and the Bird of paradise - Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1967 [1990 reprint] - 156p.
In ‘The Politics of Experience’ and the visionary ‘Bird of Paradise’, R.D. Laing shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us all leads to intense feelings of alienation and a tragic waste of human potential. He throws into question the notion of normality, examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and ‘us and them’ thinking, and illustrates his ideas with a remarkable case history of a ten-day psychosis. ‘We are bemused and crazed creatures,’ Laing suggests. This outline of ‘a thoroughly self-conscious and self-critical human account of man’ represents a major attempt to understand our deepest dilemmas and sketch in solutions.
9780140134865 0140134867 0140224106 9780140224108 0140025723 9780140025729
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Schizophrenia
Psychotic disorders
Social conformity
Social exclusion
WLM 50.
The Politics of experience and the Bird of paradise - Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1967 [1990 reprint] - 156p.
In ‘The Politics of Experience’ and the visionary ‘Bird of Paradise’, R.D. Laing shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us all leads to intense feelings of alienation and a tragic waste of human potential. He throws into question the notion of normality, examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and ‘us and them’ thinking, and illustrates his ideas with a remarkable case history of a ten-day psychosis. ‘We are bemused and crazed creatures,’ Laing suggests. This outline of ‘a thoroughly self-conscious and self-critical human account of man’ represents a major attempt to understand our deepest dilemmas and sketch in solutions.
9780140134865 0140134867 0140224106 9780140224108 0140025723 9780140025729
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Schizophrenia
Psychotic disorders
Social conformity
Social exclusion
WLM 50.