{"product_id":"tosquelles-healing-institutions-joana-maso","title":"Tosquelles: Healing Institutions - Joana Maso","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving fled to France in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, the Catalan psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles joined the Saint-Alban psychiatric hospital, where he carried out a transformative clinical practice for over twenty years, in part under the Vichy regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint-Alban was an extraordinary event, a commune, an informal refuge in a time of extreme danger, a sort of upwelling spread through word of mouth. Those entering the asylum were welcomed, and that welcome never stopped. Care happened through a broad range of communal activities for staff and patients: theater, cinema, collective writing, horticulture, the sorting of colored pearls, gymnastics, singing, a monthly newspaper. The dignity of every patient was of foremost importance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, as then, warmongers are willing to poison and slaughter without blinking, making all of life difficult if not impossible: the pull of such asylums is obvious. \u003cem\u003eTosquelles\u003c\/em\u003e is a ground-breaking record of the life and work of the founder of institutional psychotherapy. Assembled by Joana Masó, with many texts translated to English for the first time, it is a direct encounter with Tosquelles’s clinical, intellectual, and political writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDivided Publishing, 2026 \u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, 400pp \u003cbr\u003e240 x 165mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tenderbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56881151148409,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/8029\/files\/Tenderbooks-16_805d9135-1471-4b32-a0d0-0a843ac3a877.jpg?v=1774013072","url":"https:\/\/tenderbooks.pro\/products\/tosquelles-healing-institutions-joana-maso","provider":"Tenderbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}