Thomas Stephen Szasz (1920–2012)
Author of The Myth of Mental Illness : Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct
About the Author
Thomas Szasz is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the State University of New York's Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.
Image credit: Photograph by Jeffrey A. Schaler
Works by Thomas Stephen Szasz
The Myth of Mental Illness : Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct (1961) 665 copies, 9 reviews
The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement (1970) 281 copies, 2 reviews
The Myth of Psychotherapy: Mental Healing as Religion, Rhetoric, and Repression (1978) 119 copies, 1 review
Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers (1974) 83 copies, 3 reviews
The Age of Madness: The History of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization, Presented In Selected Texts (1973) — Editor — 72 copies, 2 reviews
Law, Liberty, and Psychiatry: An Inquiry into the Social Uses of Mental Health Practices (1974) 47 copies, 1 review
Karl Kraus and the Soul-Doctors: A Pioneer Critic and His Criticism of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (1976) 42 copies
The theology of medicine: The political-philosophical foundations of medical ethics (Harper colophon books ; CN 545) (1977) 39 copies, 2 reviews
Friedman and Szasz on Liberty and Drugs: Essays on the Free Market and Prohibition (1992) 28 copies, 1 review
Cifrematica, La, vol. 1 La vita, il suo numero, la sua scrittura, il suo valore (2007) — Author — 1 copy
La battaglia per la salute 1 copy
Associated Works
Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies (2002) — Contributor — 995 copies, 5 reviews
The Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics (1999) — Contributor — 83 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Szasz, Thomas Stephen
- Birthdate
- 1920-04-15
- Date of death
- 2012-09-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungary
- Place of death
- Manlius, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Syracuse, New York, USA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Education
- University of Cincinnati (BS|physics|MD|1944)
- Occupations
- university professor
psychiatrist - Organizations
- Citizens Commission on Human Rights
State University of New York
Syracuse University
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis - Awards and honors
- Humanist of the Year (1973)
Rollo May Award (1998)
Martin Buber Award (1974)
Humanist Laureate Award (1995)
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Reviews
Pain and Pleasure: A Study of Bodily Feelings, 2nd Ed. by Thomas Szasz
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Statistics
- Works
- 48
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 2,243
- Popularity
- #11,434
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 38
- ISBNs
- 165
- Languages
- 11
- Favorited
- 7