Liberation by Oppression

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Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry
Author Thomas S. Szasz
Country United States
Language English
Subject Psychiatry
Publication date
2002
Media type Print
ISBN 978-0-7658-0145-6
Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry is a 2002 work on, and a critique of, psychiatry by Thomas S. Szasz. It compares the justification of psychiatry with the justification of slavery in the United States – both necessarily denying the subject's right to personhood.

Reviews on this book were published by Psychiatric Services,[1] The British Journal of Psychiatry,[2][3] The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty,[4] and The Independent Review.[5]

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References

  1. Padykula, Nora LaFond (April 2004). "Liberation by Oppression". Psychiatric Services 55 (4): 461. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.55.4.461. ISSN 1557-9700. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  2. Persaud, Raj (2003). "Liberation by Oppression". The British Journal of Psychiatry 182 (3): 273. doi:10.1192/bjp.182.3.273. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  3. Schaler, J. A. (2003). "Slavery and psychiatry". The British Journal of Psychiatry 183 (1): 77–78. doi:10.1192/bjp.183.1.77-a. Retrieved 17 February 2012. 
  4. Doherty, Brian (April 2004). "Liberation by Oppression". The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty: 44–46. 
  5. Baker, Robert (Winter 2003). "Psychiatry’s Gentleman Abolitionist". The Independent Review VII (3): 455–460. ISSN 1086-1653. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
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