{"product_id":"9780140134865","title":"The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise by R.D. Laing","description":"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 bemused and crazed creatures,' Laing suggests. This outline of `a thoroughly self-conscious and self-critical human account of man' represents a major attempt to understand our deepest dilemmas and sketch in solutions.   `Everyone in contemporary psychiatry owes something to R.D. Laing' Anthony Clare, the Guardian.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56224092946805,"sku":"9780140134865","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780140134865.jpg?v=1762221283","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780140134865","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}