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Wisdom, Madness and Folly: The Making of a Psychiatrist

hardcover – January 1, 1985
by Laing, R. D.
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ISBN-13: 9780070358492 ISBN-10: 0070358494
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Binding
hardcover
Published
January 1, 1985
Weight
0.8 lbs
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Wisdom, Madness and Folly: The Making of a Psychiatrist by Laing, R. D.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780070358492.

Subtitled "The Making of a Psychiatrist, " this remarkable autobiography charts the subtle horrors of Laings own upbringing in a resolutely "respectable" Scottish family in the 1940s. The authors lucid and witty prose offers some unforgettable personal experiences and a host of cultural, political and professional insights as he reflects on the growing unease he came to feel in his role as psychiatrist in a society "destroying itself by violence masquerading as love."