Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/6NQmta Power and the Psychiatric Apparatus: Repression, Transformation and Assistance By: Jacob, Jean Daniel, Asst Prof Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9781472417312, 1472417313 eText ISBN: 9781472417336, 147241733X Format: EPUB Available from $ 59.98 USD SKU 9781472417336R90 Drawing on a broad range of approaches in the fields of sociology, anthropology, political science, history, philosophy, medicine and nursing, Power and the Psychiatric Apparatus exposes psychiatric practices that are mobilized along the continuum of repression, transformation and assistance. It critically examines taken for granted psychiatric practices both past and current, shedding light on the often political nature of psychiatry and reconceptualizing its central and sensitive issues through the radical theory of figures such as Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Goffman, and Szasz. As such, this ground-breaking collection embraces a broad understanding of psychiatric practices and engages the reader in a critical understanding of their effects, challenging the discipline
