On Addiction
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On Addiction

Insights from History, Ethnography, and Critical Theory

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On Addiction

Insights from History, Ethnography, and Critical Theory

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Mainstream addiction science sees addiction either 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, for the social and natural processes that influence these movements, for the historical contexts within which they occur, and for 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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Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Year
2024
ISBN
9781478059813
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Sociological Perspectives on Addiction
  7. 2. Freedom and Addiction in Four Discursive Registers: A Comparative Historical Study of Values in Addiction Science
  8. 3. Lindesmith on Addiction: A Critical History of a Classic Theory
  9. 4. ā€œOut Thereā€: The Ecology of Addiction in Drug Abuse Treatment Discourse
  10. 5. Three Problems with the Addiction as Akrasia Thesis That Ethnography Can Solve
  11. 6. Toward an Ecological Understanding of Addiction
  12. 7. Posthumanism, Addiction, and the Loss of Self-Control: Reflections on the Missing Core in Addiction Science
  13. Appendix. An Exchange with John F. Galliher on Lindesmithā€™s Theory of Addiction
  14. Notes
  15. References
  16. Index
  17. Place of First Publication