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Peter Sedgwick

Peter Sedgwick (1934-1983) was a Marxist, a trained psychologist and the translator of the revolutionary Victor Serge. His classic book PsychoPolitics is considered to be his major achievement, lauded by psychiatrists, social workers and philosophers alike.

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PsychoPolitics

PsychoPolitics

Peter Sedgwick

An impassioned critique of mental health movements from one of the left's most important thinkers on health

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Psychiatry Abolitionism in Peter Sedgwick’s ‘Psychopolitics’

Today, we think of abolitionism as relating solely to the institutions of prisons and police. But, there are many wings to this movement, including the development of anti-psychiatry. First published in 1982, Psychopolitics issued a critique of...

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