{"product_id":"labelling-madness-edited-by-thomas-j-scheff","title":"'Labelling Madness' edited by Thomas J. Scheff","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"160\"\u003eLabeling Madness\u003c\/em\u003e is a compact 1970s intervention into the social construction of mental illness.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Thomas J. Scheff, it gathers essays around the question of what counts as “madness,” who gets to name it, and what happens once deviance is turned into identity. It sits right in that tense corridor between sociology, psychiatry, anti-psychiatry, and institutional critique, where diagnosis starts to look less like neutral description and more like a technology of social order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sharp period piece, but not merely that: the arguments still feel uncomfortably alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1975 Spectrum paperback in good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44271025291347,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-24T120022.329.png?v=1774314139","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/labelling-madness-edited-by-thomas-j-scheff","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}