R.D. Laing; Edgar Z Friedenberg; Viking Press; 1974; Trade Paper; 118pp.

VERY GOOD condition- Internals clean, binding tight, APPEARS UNOPENED AND UNREAD – Cover lifts slightly, price inked out on front, and some wear to edges; foxing to edges and on inside covers – 7.25″ x 4.5″ paperback

“R.D. Laing” is a 1974 book by Edgar Z. Friedenberg that offers an engaging and insightful analysis of the life and work of Ronald David Laing, a prominent figure in the anti-psychiatry movement of the mid-20th century. Laing was a controversial psychiatrist who significantly challenged the status quo of mental health care, contending that schizophrenic symptoms were expressions of distress that should be understood contextually and empathetically.