Of Others Inside: Insanity, Addiction And Belonging in America

by Darin Weinberg

Overview

There is little doubt among scientists and the general public that homelessness, mental illness, and addiction are inter-related. In Of Others Inside, Darin Weinberg examines the way insanity has become synonymous with these afflictions. He links this phenomenon to the transformation of addiction treatment from a redemptive process to a punitive one, and explores the connection between addiction rehabilitation centers and the criminal justice system.

Seeking to offer a new sociological understanding of the relationship between social exclusion and mental disability, Of Others Inside considers the general social condition of the homeless population in the U.S. Weinberg also explores questions about American perceptions of poverty, and examines in great detail the social causes of mental disability and drug addiction without reducing people's suffering to simple notions of biological fate or social disorder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592134038
Publisher:	Temple University Press
Publication date:	10/02/2005
Edition description:	1
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	xi
	Acknowledgments	xix
1	Introduction: Beyond Objectivism and Subjectivism in the Sociology of Mental Health	1
I	A History of Insanities and Addictions Among Marginalized Americans
2	Setting the Stage	19
3	Addictions and Insanities: Two Fields and Their Phenomena	53
II	A Tale of Two Programs
4	Canyon House	95
5	Twilights	144
6	Conclusion	189
	References	205
	Index	219

What People are Saying About This

Spencer Cahill

Of Others Inside is brilliant and fascinating. The author has done a commendable job charting a middle ground between the equally unsatisfying positions that mental illness and addictions are things-in-themselves or arbitrary social constructions.