最强头脑
《纽约时报》2023年度十大好书 【非虚构类】
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The Best Minds, by Jonathan Rosen
An inch-by-inch, pin-you-to-the-sofa reconstruction of the author’s long friendship with Michael Laudor, who made headlines first as a Yale Law School graduate destigmatizing schizophrenia; then for stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death with a kitchen knife, after which he was sent to a maximum-security psychiatric hospital. Drawing from clips, court and police records, legal and medical studies, interviews, diaries and Laudor’s feverish writings (including a book proposal of his own), Rosen examines the porous line between brilliance and insanity, the complicated policy questions posed by deinstitutionalization and the ethical obligations of a community. “The Best Minds” is a thoughtfully constructed, deeply sourced indictment of a society that prioritizes profit, quick fixes and happy endings over the long slog of care.
《最强头脑》(The Best Minds)，乔纳森·罗森著
这本书条分缕析地再现了作者与迈克尔·劳多尔之间的长期友谊，令人不忍释卷，劳多尔首次登上新闻是因为作为一名耶鲁大学法学院毕业生为精神分裂症消除污名；然后是因为用厨刀杀死怀孕的女友，之后被送往最高安全级别的精神病院。罗森通过影像资料、法庭和警察记录、法律和医学研究、访谈、日记和劳多尔的狂热作品（包括他本人的出书计划），审视了才华和疯狂之间的模糊界限，“去机构化”带来的复杂政策问题，以及社区的道德义务。《最强头脑》是构思巧妙、深挖根源的作品，它控诉了一个把利润、速效疗法和美好结局放在首位，忽视长期艰苦护理工作的社会。
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