Consider what you’ve read in Jon Ronson's book “So you’ve been publicly shamed” and Jon Ronson's lecture on psychopathy. Do you see the presence of Conrad's categories: medical technology, medical authority or medical ideology in his stories?
- What are these examples? How did they shape the lives of the people in the books?
Sources needed:
Peter Conrad, Medicalization and social control, annual review of sociology vol 18 (1992) pp 209-232
Psychopathy test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYemnKEKx0c
Jon Ronson “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” Ch 1-12
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