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Asylums Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

Paperback • 2022 • English

Asylums Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

By Erving Goffman

2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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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 th...Show more

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ISBN

9780241548004

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

Asylums Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates

Format

Paperback

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