{"product_id":"the-manufacture-of-madness-9780815604617","title":"The Manufacture of Madness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery age, labels others to a particular fate, such as the witch consigned to the fire. The priest has now been replaced by the psychiatrist and this text examines the role of medicine as a more insidious tyrant than religion, as it claims to be beneficial to both the patient and the commonwealth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Manufacture of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e . . . is strictly an 8-to-1 jolt, a blockbuster. This is Szasz at his best: driving relentlessly; writing with consummate artistry and a dazzling, indeed overwhelming, scholarship. . . . It is the  most important of Szasz’ work to date, and it is a definitive statement, a classic of its kind, both as the underground history of psychiatry and, no doubt, as prophecy. Quite possibly [Dr. Szasz] has done more than any other man to alert the American public to the potential of an excessively psychiatrized society.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138178941271,"sku":"9780815604617","price":15.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780815604617.jpg?v=1751918320","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-manufacture-of-madness-9780815604617","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}