"Reason And Violence is an introduction to the thought of the great French existentialist philosopher and novelist, Jean-Paul Sartre, by two British psychoanalysts whose own thinking has been profoundly influenced by Sartre's work. Laing and Cooper see in Sartre one of the most radical thinkers of the century, a man who has brought about a revolution in man's understanding of himself. Laing and Cooper focus their study on the three bas ..."
"In ‘The Politics of Experience’ and the visionary ‘Bird of Paradise’, R.D. Laing shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us all leads to intense feelings of alienation and a tragic waste of human potential. He throws into question the notion of normality, examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and ‘us and them’ thinking, and illustrates his ideas with a remarkable case history of a ten-day psychosis. ‘We are ..."
Sanity, Madness and the Family(2nd Edition) Families of Schizophrenics (Study in Existentialism & Phenomenology) by R. D. Laing, Aaron Esterson Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 1970 by Tavistock Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-422-73460-8, ISBN: 0-422-73460-8
"Sanity, Madness and the Family: Families of Schizophrenics (Study in Existentialism & Phenomenology"
"In the late 1950s the psychiatrist R.D.Laing and psychoanalyst Aaron Esterson spent five years interviewing eleven families of female patients diagnosed as 'schizophrenic'. Sanity, Madness and the Family is the result of their work. Eleven vivid case studies, often dramatic and disturbing, reveal patterns of affection and fear, manipulation and indifference within the family. But it was the conclusions they drew from their research that ..."
The Politics of the Family (CBC Massey Lecture) by R.D. Laing Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2011 by House Of Anansi Press ISBN-13: 978-0-88784-546-8, ISBN: 0-88784-546-0
"R. D. Laing. operation of inducing her to embody my projection is what I am
calling induction. Projection is done by one person as his own experience, of the
other. ... We have actually no word for the transformation of the other': experience
under such induction. ... not~me, or not-self, or not that with which I identify myself
(e.g., my family), onto what I take to be “me”, “self”, or that with which I identify
myself."
"MYTHOLOGY OF THE PRENATAL LIFE by Francis J. Mott with annotations by R.D. Laing This book is a sequel and companion volume to "The Nature of the Self", which explores the intricacies of prenatal experience, demonstrating how these processes are a reflection of an essential life-pattern revealed in many other dimensions of life, macrocosmic and microscopic. In "Mythology of the Prenatal Life", these insights are explored in further d ..."
"Originally published in 1969, based on the talks R. D. Laing gave in 1967 and 68, this book was intended by the author to evoke questions rather than provide answers."
CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY A Story of Comfort in Desolation (Penguin Modern Classics) by RDLaing, Alan Paton, C. R. Boxer Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1981 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-14-020734-7, ISBN: 0-14-020734-1
Wisdom, Madness and Folly(1st Edition) The Making of a Psychiatrist, 1927-1957 by R. D. Laing Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1986 by Papermac (Do Not Use) ISBN-13: 978-0-333-40250-4, ISBN: 0-333-40250-2
"Subtitled "The Making of a Psychiatrist, " this remarkable autobiography charts the subtle horrors of Laing's own upbringing in a resolutely "respectable" Scottish family in the 1940s. The author's lucid and witty prose offers some unforgettable personal experiences and a host of cultural, political and professional insights as he reflects on the growing unease he came to feel in his role as psychiatrist in a society "destroying itself ..."
Sonnets(1st Edition) by Ronald David. Laing Paperback, Published 1980 by Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-394-73929-8, ISBN: 0-394-73929-9
Politics of Experience by R.D. Laing Paperback, Published 1977 by Ballantine Books ISBN-13: 978-0-345-27094-8, ISBN: 0-345-27094-0
"R.D. Laing is at his most wickedly iconoclastic in this eloquent assault on conventional morality. Unorthodox to some, brilliantly original to others, The Politics of Experience goes beyond the usual theories of mental illness and alienation, and makes a convincing case for the "madness of morality." Compelling, unsettling, consistently absorbing, The Politics of Experience is a classic of genuine importance that will "excite, enthrall, ..."
The facts of life(1st Edition) An essay in feelings, facts, and fantasy by R. D. Laing Hardcover, 153 Pages, Published 1976 by Pantheon Books ISBN-13: 978-0-394-49666-5, ISBN: 0-394-49666-3
"First Edition. Some shelf and edge wear, with small tears to dj. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. First Edition."
Knots(1st Edition) (World of man) by R. D. Laing Hardcover, 90 Pages, Published 1970 by Pantheon Books Notebook ISBN-13: 978-0-394-43211-3, ISBN: 0-394-43211-8
"A series of dialogue-scenarios, which can be read as poems or plays, describing the "knots" and impasses in various kinds of human relationships."
"Set in a European context, but written in the style of a Scottish radicalist, the author recounts his own upbringing as well as his personal and professional insights, questioning the role of the psychiatrist in today's society."