Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Reviews of Knots

Knots
Knots
Author: R.D. Laing
The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members!
Retail Price: $12.95
Buy New (Paperback): $11.19 (save 13%) or
Become a PBS member and pay $7.29+1 PBS book credit Help icon(save 43%)
ISBN-13: 9780394717760
ISBN-10: 0394717767
Publication Date: 4/12/1972
Pages: 96
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 5

3.9 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

2 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Knots on + 107 more book reviews
Interesting "vintage" book published in 1970, Knots was written by R.D. Laing, the Scottish psychoananalyst who came to be identified with the "anti-pschiatry" movement because of his view that mental illness could be understood as a potentially transformative experience not unlike a shamanic journey. He also linked the development of psychosis with family relations--a view that has been more-or-less left behind the the wake of psychopharmacology.
reviewed Knots on + 19 more book reviews
A series of word/mind games that are fun to decipher. Back cover: '"In his earlier work, Laing guided the reader to understanding. In 'Knots', he compels him to experience... To grasp this dense and difficult book, one must be willing to follow Laing in his spirals of descent. If 'Knots' is to yield, one must yield to the knots."' - James S. Gordon, 'The New York Times Book Review'.

It's not difficult as in physics or "Paradise Lost". It's more like Raymond Smullyan.