Asylums by Erving Goffman

Asylums by Erving Goffman

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Zusammenfassung

Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside.

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Asylums by Erving Goffman

Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside.
Erving Goffman (1922-1982) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century. He was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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ISBN 13 9780140137392
ISBN 10 0140137394
Titel Asylums
Autor Erving Goffman
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 1991-08-29
Seitenanzahl 336
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