Addiction, Modernity, and the City - Couverture souple

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Smith, Christopher B.R.

 
9780367597665: Addiction, Modernity, and the City
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0367597667 ISBN 13 : 9780367597665
Editeur : Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Examining the interdependent nature of substance, space, and subjectivity, this book constitutes an interdisciplinary analysis of the intoxication indigenous to what has been termed "our narcotic modernity." The first section - Drug/Culture - demonstrates how the body of the addict and the social body of the city are both inscribed by "controlled" substance. Positing addiction as a "pathology (out) of place" that is specific to the (late-)capitalist urban landscape, the second section - Dope/Sick - conducts a critique of the prevailing pathology paradigm of addiction, proposing in its place a theoretical reconceptualization of drug dependence in the terms of "p/re/in-scription." Remapping the successive stages or phases of our narcotic modernity, the third section - Narco/State - delineates three primary eras of narcotic modernity, including the contemporary city of "safe"/"supervised" consumption. Employing an experimental, "intra-textual" format, the fourth section - Brain/Disease - mimics the sense, state or scape of intoxication accompanying each permutation of narcotic modernity in the interchangeable terms of drug, dream and/or disease. Tracing the parallel evolution of "addiction," the (late-)capitalist cityscape, and the pathological project of modernity, the four parts of this book thus together constitute a users' guide to urban space.

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À propos de l?auteur

Christopher B.R. Smith is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research concerning substance use has been published in numerous international journals. He has worked in Toronto, Melbourne, Philadelphia, and St. John's, Newfoundland, where he is a faculty member in Memorial University's School of Social Work.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0367597667
ISBN 13 
9780367597665
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
252
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781138796539: Addiction, Modernity, and the City: A User's Guide to Urban Space

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1138796530 ISBN 13 :  9781138796539
Editeur : Routledge, 2015
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