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The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit
Bruce K. Alexander
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Description for The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit
Paperback. Addiction is increasing all around the world, and the conventional remedies don't work. The Globalization of Addiction argues that the cause of this failure to control addiction is that past treatments have focused too single-mindedly on the afflicted individual addict. This book presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMZR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 700.
'The Globalization of Addiction' presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction. Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to cure it, prevent it, or take the pain out of it. There is no durable consensus on what addiction is, what causes it, or what should be done about it. Meanwhile, it continues to increase around the world. This book argues that the cause of this 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 ... Read more
'The Globalization of Addiction' presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction. Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to cure it, prevent it, or take the pain out of it. There is no durable consensus on what addiction is, what causes it, or what should be done about it. Meanwhile, it continues to increase around the world. This book argues that the cause of this 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199588718
SKU
V9780199588718
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About Bruce K. Alexander
Bruce Alexander is a psychologist and Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University, where he has worked since 1970. His primary research interest has been the psychology of addiction. He is best known in the UK for the "Rat Park" experiments, which helped to demonstrate the falsity of the outworn belief that simple exposure to narcotic drugs can cause addiction. In ... Read more
Reviews for The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit
Alexander's watershed study could not be more timely. Mainstream commentators, who are now grasping for explanations for an epidemic of dangerous addictions, will find it indispensible.
Catholic Herald
This immensely important and original book will completely reframe your understanding of the wider social, historical, economic and cultural context of addiction
The Scientific and Medical Network
This ... Read more
Catholic Herald
This immensely important and original book will completely reframe your understanding of the wider social, historical, economic and cultural context of addiction
The Scientific and Medical Network
This ... Read more