The Meaningful Encounter
LAING, R.D. [PHILLIPSON, H., LEE, A. R.] Interpersonal Perception: A Theory and a Method of Research New York: Springer Publishing Company1966
8vo. Original yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine; yellow dust jacket with pictorial graph illustration; fold out IPM chart; pp. vii [5] 179 [4]; slight bruising to top and bottom of spine; minor stains to wrappers and toning to spine; otherwise near fine.
Signed and inscribed by Laing, "To Mike/With all wishes/from Ronnie/March 1969".
R.D Laing remains one of the most contentious figures in the history of psychiatry, with his self-professed intention, "to make madness and the process of going mad comprehensible", usually through alternative methods rebuked by the general profession but lauded by the 1960s counterculture.
Interpersonal Perception, "centers on the experiences, perceptions and actions that occur when two human beings are engaged in a meaningful encounter" (blurb).
Although much of the material revolves around the more obvious relationship between husband and wife, this meticulous study extends to other dyadic circumstances as well as to that of wider "we-they" situations and serves to be an unusual contribution to Laing's intriguing body of work.
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