Thomas Szasz Reihenfolge der Bücher

"Psikanaliz gibi psikoloji de yeni bir insan icadı ve yeni bir akademik disiplindir. İkisi de Aydınlanma'nın, modernitenin, bilim çağının zararlı yan ürünleridir... ve sahte-bilimdir." Yarım asırdan uzun zaman boyunca Thomas Szasz kariyerinin büyük bölümünü psikiyatrinin kökten eleştirisine adadı. Neredeyse tüm yaşamını kaplayan bu uğraşın doruk noktasını teşkil eden son yapıtı Psikiyatri: Yalanlar Bilimi'nde Szasz, psikiyatri tarihi ve pratiğinin ayrılmaz parçası olan aldatmacanın rolünü betimliyor. "Psikiyatrinin şimdiye kadar yazılmış en etkili ve radikal eleştirisi" -New York Times- "Psikiyatrinin tüm meşruiyetini yerle bir ediyor" -Los Angeles Times- "Psikiyatri: Yalanlar Bilimi, psikiyatri kurumunda çürümüş bir şey olduğu iddiasını çok kuvvetli biçimde ortaya koyuyor. Psikiyatrik kölelik karşıtlığının asi adamı Thomas Szasz, psikiyatrinin aldatmacalarını çok yerinde örneklerle, güçlü ve etkili argümanlarla gözler önüne seriyor. Szasz, ahlaksal sorumluluk ile sahte bilim arasında yeni bir iç savaş başlatabilir." -David Ramsay Steele- "Thomas Szasz dünyada psikiyatrinin en sert eleştiricisi." -Richard Vatz- (Tanıtım Bülteninden)

Vor 50 Jahren sorgte Thomas Szasz mit seinem Buch „The Myth of Mental Illness“ für Aufruhr. Es stellte das komplette Selbstverständnis der Psychiatrie als humanmedizinische Wissenschaft infrage. Ob jemand psychisch „normal“ oder „verrückt“ sei, sei eine willkürliche Definition, so Szasz. Anders als bei somatischen Erkrankungen finden sich für einen Großteil der psychiatrischen „Krankheiten“ nämlich keine eindeutigen Ursachen. Heute, in Zeiten der Hirnscanner, die bunte Bildchen zeigen, deren Suggestivkraft hoch, deren Erklärungswert dagegen gering ist, feiert der Mythos der Geisteskrankheit erneut Triumphe. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Entwicklung wird die Lektüre von Szaszs revolutionärem Buch zum Aha-Erlebnis. Seine Positionen decken sich auf interessante Weise mit Überlegungen aus der Systemtheorie, denn systemisch gesehen können biologische Faktoren nie das Verhalten eines menschlichen Individuums erklären. Die vorliegende Neuausgabe wurde vom Autor ergänzt, aktualisiert und in vielen Formulierungen geschärft. Für die deutsche Ausgabe wurde der Text vollständig neu übersetzt.

In Western thought, suicide has evolved from sin to sin-and-crime, to crime, to mental illness, and to semilegal act. A legal act is one we are free to think and speak about and plan and perform, without penalty by agents of the state. While dying voluntarily is ostensibly legal, suicide attempts and even suicidal thoughts are routinely punished by incarceration in a psychiatric institution. Although many people believe the prevention of suicide is one of the duties the modern state owes its citizens, Szasz argues that suicide is a basic human right and that the lengths to which the medical industry goes to prevent it represent a deprivation of that right. Drawing on his general theory of the myth of mental illness, Szasz makes a compelling case that the voluntary termination of one's own life is the result of a decision, not a disease. He presents an in-depth examination and critique of contemporary anti-suicide policies, which are based on the notion that voluntary death is a mental health problem, and systematically lays out the dehumanizing consequences of psychiatrizing suicide prevention. If suicide be deemed a problem, it is not a medical problem. Managing it as if it were a disease, or the result of a disease, will succeed only in debasing medicine and corrupting the law. Pretending to be the pride of medicine, psychiatry is its shame.

50th Anniversary Edition With a New Preface and Two Bonus Essays The most influential critique of psychiatry ever written, Thomas Szasz's classic book revolutionized thinking about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. By diagnosing unwanted behavior as mental illness, psychiatrists, Szasz argues, absolve individuals of responsibility for their actions and instead blame their alleged illness. He also critiques Freudian psychology as a pseudoscience and warns against the dangerous overreach of psychiatry into all aspects of modern life.

Historický vývoj celosvětového postoje vůči drogám.

Americký psychiatr Thomas Szasz podává v této významné práci důkladnou a originální historickou analýzu postojů společnosti k problematice drog. Ty jsou podle jeho závěrů „obětním beránkem“, který slouží dnešnímu „farmahrabickému“ establishmentu ke kontrole společnosti. Kniha byla nadšneně přijata americkými intelektuály, mj. Allenem Ginsbergem.

This intriguing book undercuts everything you thought you knew about psychotherapy.

“The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York Times “Controversial and influential . . . an iconoclastic work.” — Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times Book Review A 50th Anniversary Edition of Thomas Szasz’s famous, influential critique of the field of psychiatry, with a new preface on the age of Prozac, Ritalin, and the rise of designer drugs.