Leingov kulturni utjecaj, bilo da smo za ili protiv njegove antipsihijatrije, nesporan je. Jastvo i drugi je pronicljiv i potresan napad na bezdušnu znanost, nesvjesnu vlastitog sadizma - to je bogata, sugestivna, argumentirana i humana knjiga.
In a world that is constantly seeing an increase in violence in its various forms, Erich Fromm treats this problem in an extremely insightful way in one of his most significant books.