Writing on Drugs

Type

Book

Authors

Sadie Plant

ISBN 10

0571196160

ISBN 13

9780571196166

Tags

Customs & Traditions, Social Services & Welfare

Description

Modern culture has found itself on drugs. Beyond their psychoactive effects, they have shaped some of the modern era's most fundamental philosophies and even helped expose the neurochemistry of the human brain. This examination of writing on drugs, including Coleridge on opium, Michaux on mescaline, Freud on cocaine and Burroughs on everything, is an exploration of the profound and pervasive influence of drugs on contemporary and historical culture. The author argues that drugs have been integral to modern politics, media and technology. - from Amzon

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