Asylums
Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates
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- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
20 September 2022
Summary
New to Penguin Modern Classics, one of most influential social scientist 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241548004 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241548004 |
| Author: | Erving Goffman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 20 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 198mm x 129mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Erving Goffman
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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