Why we take drugs

Yardley, Tom.

Why we take drugs seeking excess and communion in the modern world / [electronic resource] : Tom Yardley. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012. - 167 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-161) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Sacrificing the rational body : the transgressive economy of intoxication -- 3. Seeking the impossible : expenditure beyond necessity -- 4. Traditional time and modern time -- 5. From bodies in time to time in the body -- 6. Theorizing community -- 7. Intoxication liminality and community formation -- 8. Conclusion.




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