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Asylums
Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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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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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
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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