Description
The Politics of the Family and Other Essays
and Other Essays
Selected Works of R D Laing Series
Author: Laing R. D.
Language: English
Subjects for The Politics of the Family and Other Essays:
Keywords
Young Man; Inclined; Family; schizophrenia; invalidation; family scenarios; psychotherapy; social contexts; intervention; Follow; R; D; Laing; Pause; Social World System; Chronic; Term Dementia Praecox; Prophecy; Morning; Repertoire; Father’s Relation; Local Child Guidance Clinic; Custard Pie; Mother’s View; Introjective Mappings; Father’s View; Fine Tooth Comb; Child Guidance Clinic; Equal Projection; Familial Interactions; White Trash; Cardiac Failure; Psychiatric Social Worker; Mixed Doubles; Rule A1
Publication date: 09-1998
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 01-2018
· 13.8x21.6 cm · Paperback
Description
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Originally published in 1969, based on the talks R. D. Laing gave in 1967 and 68, this book was intended by the author to evoke questions rather than provide answers. Using concepts of schizophrenia, R.D. Laing demonstrates that we tend to invalidate the subjective and experiential and accept the proper societal view of what should occur within the family.
Part 1: 1. The Family and the 'Family' 2. Intervention in Social Situations 3. The Study of Family and Social Contexts in Relation to 'Schizophrenia' Part 2: The Politics of the Family Introduction. The Family and Invalidation. Family Scenarios. Operations. Rules and Metarules. Mapping.
