How long does it take to read The Manufacture of Madness?
a comparative study of the Inquisition and the mental health movement
Thomas S. Szasz, Thomas Szasz, Thomas Stephen Szasz
The Manufacture of Madness by Thomas S. Szasz, Thomas Szasz, Thomas Stephen Szasz takes about 7 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 1970. 383 pages, about 105,325 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Intends to show that the belief in mental illness and the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications and political consequences as had the belief in witchcraft and the social actions to which it led.
Subjects: Antipsychiatry, History, Mental Disorders, Mental health services, Mental illness, Political aspects
