The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise

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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.   Everyone in contemporary psychiatry owes something to R.D. Laing. (Anthony Clare, the Guardian.)

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R. D. Laing

psihatru scoțian neortodox · 1927–1989

Ronald David Laing a fost un psihiatru scoțian care a scris extensiv despre bolile mintale, în special psihoza și schizofrenia. Din punct de vedere politic, Laing a fost considerat un gânditor al Noii Stângi. A fost interpretat teatral de Mike Maran, Alan Cox, Billy Mack și David Tennant în filmul din 2017 „Mad to Be Normal”.