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... deviance , author- ity places the deviant under the control of language and custom and turns him from a threat into a sup- port of the social system . Etiology is socially self- fulfilling : if the sacred disease is believed to be ...
... deviance , author- ity places the deviant under the control of language and custom and turns him from a threat into a sup- port of the social system . Etiology is socially self- fulfilling : if the sacred disease is believed to be ...
Page 117
... deviance , better than laziness , better than self - chosen absence from work . More and more people subconsciously know that they are sick and tired of their jobs and of their leisure passivities , but they want to hear the lie that ...
... deviance , better than laziness , better than self - chosen absence from work . More and more people subconsciously know that they are sick and tired of their jobs and of their leisure passivities , but they want to hear the lie that ...
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... deviance the character of disease , is a minor- ity position in the West , although it seems to be close to an official doctrine in modern China , where mental illness is perceived as a political problem . Maoist poli- ticians are ...
... deviance the character of disease , is a minor- ity position in the West , although it seems to be close to an official doctrine in modern China , where mental illness is perceived as a political problem . Maoist poli- ticians are ...
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The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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