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portada On Addiction: Insights from History, Ethnography, and Critical Theory
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Language
English
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
Weight
0.44 kg.
ISBN13
9781478030829
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On Addiction: Insights from History, Ethnography, and Critical Theory

Darin Weinberg (Author) · Duke University Press · Paperback

On Addiction: Insights from History, Ethnography, and Critical Theory - Weinberg, Darin

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Synopsis "On Addiction: Insights from History, Ethnography, and Critical Theory"

Mainstream addiction science either sees addiction as a biomedical disease that renders one incapable of self-control, or as a voluntary practice engaged in freely. In On Addiction, Darin Weinberg shows how this dynamic is deeply influenced by a series of binaries (free will/determinism, mind/body, objectivity/subjectivity) that hinder our understanding of addiction. Here, he offers a new theorization of addiction in which he breaks down these contradictions and incompatibilities, calling into question the taken-for-granted distinction between the "biological" and the "social". To the extent that it is understood as a loss of self-control over one's behavior, addiction, Weinberg contends, requires a supple theoretical framework that provides for movements into and out of self-control, the social and natural processes that influence these movements, the historical contexts within which they occur and the ethical ramifications of taking them seriously. To create this framework, Weinberg brings together history, ethnography, and critical theory as well as the clinical and social sciences. In this way, Weinberg takes a more holistic approach to examining the fundamental nature and ethics of addiction.

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