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by: Bob Mullan, R. D. Laing
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.890092
EAN: 9781853433955
ISBN: 1853433950
Label: Free Association Books
Manufacturer: Free Association Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 4000
Publication Date: 1996
Publisher: Free Association Books
Sales Rank: 515792
Studio: Free Association Books
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Rating: - Rising to the occasion
This is one of the most engaging books I've read in over 20 years: it brought back to me the stimulation of encountering a truly first-rate mind.
Mullan has brilliantly effaced himself so that you get 100% Laing direct. And a Laing worthy of his better reputation. Mullan limited himself to brief preface and introductions and, during the interviews, short guiding comments and questions. Another interviewer might have cluttered the interviews with his/her own agenda and introduced the book ... Read More
Rating:  - Intriguing, where's the rest?
An excellent book for all people interested in Laing. Hopefully Mullan will find a way to publish the material so that those interested can read it rather than holding onto it and waiting for a publishing deal that isn't too far "beneath" his expectations.
Rating: - Laing, Laing and more Laing!!!
In this huge set of interviews, the former king of counter-culture philosophy expresses his provocative opinions on all imaginable topics, from mystcism to politics. If you are the type of person who thinks for yourself and suspects that straight society is almost incurably ill, you will probably find a kindred spirit in this fascinating man. Being a prestigious psychiatrist and former military officer, he knows the system he's trying to change from the inside out (an advantage most radical thinkers ... Read More
Rating: - REPLY TO MATTHEW MORRISEY OF SF
As the editor of MAD TO BE NORMAL (Ronnie Laing's last recorded conversations), I was pleased to read Matthew Morrisey's review. In response to his query - "what am I going to do with the material NOT included in the book?" Well, I have a lot of material I would like to publish from the conversations, but in this dumbed down world it is hard to get a publisher to agree to do it.
Rating: - Getting the Real Deal on R.D.
This book holds many treasures, for both beginning and advanced students of R.D. Laing. For beginners, the book serves as a valuable tool of clarification for many of Laing's ideas. For the more initiated, the book offers up juicy morsels of hard to find information. For example, how many people know that Laing actually obtained copies of Nietzsche's hospital records to find out if Nietzsche actually had syphillis? (Laing contends he didn't). It is little bits like this which make the book continually ... Read More
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