Using 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. A psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, Laing worked at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. His books include The Self and Others and The Politics of Experience. | The Politics of the Family by R. D. Laing, Paperback | Indigo Chapters | The Politics of the Family by R.D. Laing, Paperback | Indigo Chapters