Psychiatric Hegemony A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness
This book offers a comprehensive Marxist critique of the business of mental health, demonstrating how the prerogatives of neoliberal capitalism for productive, self-governing citizens have allowed the discourse on mental illness to expand beyond the psych
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Psychiatric Hegemony
Bruce M.Z. Cohen
Psychiatric Hegemony A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness
Bruce M.Z. Cohen Department of Sociology University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand
ISBN 978-1-137-46050-9 ISBN 978-1-137-46051-6 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-46051-6
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This book is dedicated to three critical sociologists who continue to inspire: Stanley Cohen (1942–2013) Stuart Hall (1932–2014) Jock Young (1942–2013) & An old friend and revolutionary footballer: Hafty (d. 2014) Es geht voran!
Preface
This book exists for two main reasons. First, to fill a gap in the current sociology of mental health scholarship. This omission was brought to my attention by my postgraduate students; though I was initially very sceptical of their research capabilities, it turned out that they were basically correct. Granted, there are bits and pieces of Marxist analysis out there, but compared with the other mainstream areas of sociological investigation such as education, youth, crime, and the family, the use of the big man’s work to make sense of the continuing power of the mental health system is nearly non-existent. Second, this book offers a radical challenge to the conservative and theory-free scholarship which is currently infecting my area of sociology. I believe we need to bring critical scholarship back to the heart of the sociology of mental health; we desperatel
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