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Nobody's Normal by Roy Richard Grinker
2022-09-27
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Nobody’s Normal by Roy Richard Grinker

This is a history of psychiatry. It is also a bit of a family history as Grinker comes from a long line of psychiatrists (though he is not one himself). He takes a broad view, from pre-industrial societies up to the modern age and many of the steps in between. He picks a bone with capitalism, is ambivalent about war, and reframes the concept of disability.

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