{"product_id":"9780887848896","title":"The Politics of the Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his 1968 CBC Massey Lectures R. D. Laing discusses how and why we value society's notions of family over our own.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUsing concepts of schizophrenia, R.D. Laing demonstrates that we tend to invalidate the subjective and experiential and accept the proper societal view of what should occur within the family.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, Laing worked at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Self and Others\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Experience\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131963457776,"sku":"9780887848896","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780887848896_p0.jpg?v=1763851559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780887848896","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}