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Asylums

Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
By Erving Goffman
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Asylums by Erving Goffman offers an in-depth exploration of life in psychiatric hospitals and similar institutions. Through detailed observations, Goffman examines how these environments impact patients' identities and social interactions. The book provides a critical view of institutional settings, highlighting their effects on human behaviour and the concept of self.
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You might enjoy this book if you are interested in exploring how institutions affect individual identity and behaviour. It offers a fascinating perspective on personal development through the lens of social interactions within controlled environments. This work provides thought-provoking insights into how societal structures can influence personal growth and self-conception.

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Asylums

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New to Penguin Modern Classics, one of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century examines the meaning of the asylum, the 'total institution'.

Asylums presents four interlinked essays that explore life in the 'total institutions'—the closed systems of prisons, boarding schools, nursing homes and, most importantly, mental institutions. Focusing on the relationship between an inmate and the institution that contains them, Goffman unpicks how lives are managed 'on the inside', and how the setting more often than not works against the inmate's best interests.

A radical exploration of the institutions that rule over the lives of men, women and children, Asylums is one of Erving Goffman's most insightful and long-lived works.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Asylums by Erving Goffman provides a detailed examination of the social environment within institutions like mental hospitals and explores the impact these environments have on individuals. Readers praise its insightful analysis and the way it challenges perceptions of institutional life, making it a thought-provoking read for those interested in sociology and the dynamics of personal identity within such settings. Goffman's work is seen as significant for understanding the societal structures and power dynamics present in these environments.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241548004

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 May 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 262g

Pages: 352

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Education & Reference Erving Goffman Mindset & Self Help New Year, New You Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Personal Development Philosophy & Psychology Self-Help & Personal Development Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Erving Goffman (1922-1982) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century. He was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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