Was Szasz a conservative?
I would say that there can be no doubt that he was not a conservative.
I would say that there can be no doubt that he was not a conservative.
He was without doubt a libertarian.
He also undoubtedly wanted radical change, in the sense of abolition of state-backed psychiatry and all mental health law.
Human civilisation existed for thousands of years without mental health law and state-backed psychiatry. A desire to revert to this situation is correctly not seen as conservative.
I would call it scientific, radical and progressive.
A good short piece on this question:
Was Szasz a conservative?