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  The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise: AND the Bird of Paradise (Paperback) By (author) R.D. Laing

  

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  Short Description for The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise: AND the Bird of ParadiseShows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us leads to feelings of alienation and a waste of human potential. This title examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and 'us and them' thinking, and illustrates ideas with a case history of a ten-day psychosis.
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  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Published: 26 April 1990
  • Format: Paperback 160 pages
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  • Categories: Popular Psychology
  • ISBN 13: 9780140134865 ISBN 10: 0140134867
  • Sales rank: 67,514

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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".