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Books by Thomas Szasz

Thomas Szasz was an American-Hungarian psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry emeritus at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. He practiced psychiatry for decades while simultaneously critiquing its philosophical and ethical foundations. His other major works include The Manufacture of Madness, Ideology and Insanity, and Insanity: The Idea and Its Consequences. A committed libertarian, he was a founding member of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. He died in 2012 at the age of ninety-two.