The Politics of experience and the Bird of paradise

By:

Laing, R D

Publication details: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1967 [1990 reprint]Description: 156pISBN:

9780140134865
0140134867
0140224106
9780140224108
0140025723
9780140025729

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WLM 50.

Summary: 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.

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Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves	WM203 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	NE12051
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Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WLM 50 LAI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	023511
Book	St Charles Library Hub (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) Shelves	(WLM50) (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	CNWL00669

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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.

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