Asylums
essays on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates
$25.51
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2022
Summary
Asylums: Inside the Walls of Total Institutions
“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 the institution that contains them…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241548004 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241548004 |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Author: | Erving Goffman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 198mm x 129mm |
About The Author
Erving Goffman
Erving Goffman (1922-1982) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century. He was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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