Goffman, Erving
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780241548004
- author:
- Goffman, Erving
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2 centimetres (0.5
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Psychology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Erving Goffman's Asylums explores the meaning of institutions that isolate and regulate individuals, including mental hospitals, prisons, and boarding schools. The author examines the relationship between an inmate and the institution that contains them, shedding light on how lives are managed and the loss of selfhood experienced by those held within.
Through his groundbreaking work, Goffman unpicks the ways in which individuals try to regain their identities within these closed systems. This thought-provoking study is a valuable insight into the social dynamics of 'total institutions' and their impact on those who are confined within them.
Published in 2022, Asylums is a seminal work of social science that remains a significant contribution to our understanding of institutions and their effects on individuals.
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