Peter Sedgwick: mental health as radical politics
2015; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1332/204986015x14234701186107
ISSN2049-8675
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
ResumoThis article examines the life, Marxist politics and critical psychiatric theory of Peter Sedgwick, author of Psychopolitics (1982). Sedgwick critically engaged with the ideas of key anti-psychiatric thinkers, including Goffman, Laing, Szasz and Foucault. His theoretical contribution – of the social construction of health and illness, mental and otherwise – underpinned a focus on the politicisation of medical goals within projects for social transformation. His ideas remain highly relevant to modern psychiatric debates and controversies.
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