Intoxication and Society
Problematic Pleasures of Drugs and Alcohol
Published on 21. December 2012
Book
Hardback
XII, 320 pages
978-1-137-00832-9 (ISBN)
Description
Alcohol and illicit drugs play a prominent role in our society. This important collection looks back on their history and uses cutting edge sociological, scientific, legal and ethical analysis to seek to respond to the problematic pleasures they create.
Reviews / Votes
'Intoxication and Society, as the title suggests, is ambitious in its scope. Its success lies in its thoughtful execution.' - Sally Marlow, Institute of Psychiatry, sallymarlow.com "Due to its accessibility and comprehensive format, Intoxication and Society is a manuscript that proves to be a useful tool in critically analysing and understanding the gamut of social, historical, and political issues surrounding the constant debate involving substance use and its effect on society." - Mariah Jade Zimpfer, Department of Sociology, University of Edinburgh, UK "The Editors of this book are professors of law, neuropharmacology, sociology and early medieval history, and hence it provides an array of perspectives on alcohol and other psychoactive drugs. The first chapter overviews these diverse themes, and provides useful guidance for the overall text...For Journal of Psychopharmacology readers, the final chapter may be of particular interest, since it provides a 'neuroscientific' perspective." - Andy Parrott, British Association for Psychopharmacology newsletterMore details
Edition
2013
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
646 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-00832-9 (9781137008329)
DOI
10.1057/9781137008336
Schweitzer Classification
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J. Herring | C. Regan | D. Weinberg
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Problematic Pleasures of Drugs and Alcohol
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Problematic Pleasures of Drugs and Alcohol
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Persons
JONATHAN HERRING is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, UK and Fellow in Law at Exeter College, Oxford.
CIARAN REGAN is Professor of Neuropharmacology at University College Dublin, Ireland and a Fellow of the UCD Conway Institute, Ireland.
DARIN WEINBERG is Fellow and Director of Studies at King's College, Cambridge, UK and University Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK.
PHILIP WITHINGTON is University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, UK and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, UK.
CIARAN REGAN is Professor of Neuropharmacology at University College Dublin, Ireland and a Fellow of the UCD Conway Institute, Ireland.
DARIN WEINBERG is Fellow and Director of Studies at King's College, Cambridge, UK and University Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK.
PHILIP WITHINGTON is University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, UK and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, UK.
Content
Introduction.- PART I: THE FORMATION OF EXPERTISE.- Medical Expertise and the Understandings of Intoxication in Britain 1660 to 1830.- The Expertise of Non-Experts: Knowledges of Intoxication in Criminal Law.- Intoxicants: The Formation of Health Expertise in the Twentieth Century.- PART II: SPATIAL POLITICS.- 'The Relations of Inebriety to Insurance': Geographies of Medicine, Insurance and Alcohol in Britain 1841 1911.- Alehouse Licensing and State Formation in Early Modern England.- PART III: CULTURE AND PRACTICE.- Renaissance Drinking Cultures and Popular Print.- On the Cultural Domestication of Intoxicants.- Nudge Policy, Embodiment and Intoxication Problems.- PART IV: INTOXICATION AND THE SELF.- Beastly Metamorphoses: Losing Control in Early Modern Literary Culture.- Intoxicants and Compulsive Behaviour A Neuroscientific Perspective.- Praxis, Interaction and the Loss of Self-Control.- PART V: LAW, MORALITY AND SCIENCE.- Addiction and Responsibility.- The Current Law of Intoxication: Rules and Problems.- The Addicted Self: A Neuroscientific Perspective.