I disagree with the verdict here. The girl is too young to be found
guilty of anything but personal rottenness. Not every SIN should be a
crime.
Also don't expect American psychiatry to come to
rescue of any troubled souls - if they are poor and working class.
American psychiatry has no quarrel with the capitalist status quo -
which breeds despair in millions.
American psychiatrists
might benefit from reading a still relevant book of social criticism
written by one of their own : Erich Fromm 's - " The Sane Society ".
Fromm's book " The Art of Loving " was recommended in my 1960s high
school. He would describe himself as a " socialist humanist ".
Fromm's book " The Art of Loving " was recommended reading in my 1960s
high school. He would describe himself as a " socialist humanist ".
Fromm 's book " The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness " offers a
rational explanation for the rise of fascist movements in periods of
capitalist crisis .
Despair is up in the USA and life expectancy is down. And bourgeois psychiatry is useless.
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