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Condition: Good. Light wear to covers, gentle surface rubbing consistent with age, spine secure, pages moderately toned, clear.
The book reveals how political and cultural forces, rather than medical necessity, have shaped our treatment of the mentally handicapped. It questions not only the structures of care and control but the underlying fear of dependency, vulnerability, and otherness in modern life.
Originally published as part of the Pelican psychology series, it stands as a humanist document of reform part exposé, part moral inquiry arguing that how a society treats its most marginalised citizens defines its ethical core.
