The globalisation of addiction: a study in poverty of the spirit
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Beteilige Person: Alexander, Bruce K. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-461) and index
Vancouver as prototype -- Addiction1, addiction2, addiction3, addiction4 -- The dislocation theory of addiction -- Psychosocial integration is a necessity -- Free-market society undermines psychosocial integration -- Addiction is a way of adapting to dislocation: historical evidence -- Addiction is a way of adapting to dislocation: quantitative research, clinical reports, and 'spam' -- Addiction is a way of adapting to dislocation: the myth of the demon drugs -- Addiction and society -- The role of addiction in the civilised madness of the 21st century -- Getting by -- Spiritual treatment for addiction: the 'fifth pillar' -- Socrates' 'master passions' and dikaiosune -- From blindness and paralysis to action -- Social actions to control addiction: question period
"This book argues that the cause of the failure to control addiction is that the conventional wisdom of the 19th and 20th centuries focused too single-mindedly on the afflicted individual addict. Although addiction obviously manifests itself in individual cases, its prevalence differs dramatically between societies. This book shows that the social circumstances that spread addiction in a conquered tribe or a failing civilisation are also built into today's globalising free-market society. The book argues that the most effective response to a growing addiction problem is a social and political one, rather than an individual one"--Jacket
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (470 p., [2] p. of plates)
ISBN:0191552089
0199230129
0199588716
9780191552083
9780199230129
9780199588718