Neuropsychedelia : The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain /
Langlitz, Nicolas,author.
Neuropsychedelia examines the revival of psychedelic science since the "Decade of the Brain." After the breakdown of this previously prospering area of psychopharmacology, and in the wake of clashes between counterculture and establishment in the late 1960's, a new generation of hallucinogen researchers used the hype around the neurosciences in the 1990's to bring psychedelics back into the mainstream of science and society. This book is based on anthropological fieldwork and philosophical reflections on life and work in two laboratories that have played key roles in this development: a human lab in Switzerland and an animal lab in California. It sheds light on the central transnational axis of the resurgence connecting American psychedelic culture with the home country of LSD. In the borderland of science and religion, Neuropsychedelia explores the tensions between the use of hallucinogens to model psychoses and to evoke spiritual experiences in laboratory settings. Its protagonists, including the anthropologist himself, struggle to find a place for the mystical under conditions of late-modern materialism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Neuropsychedelia examines the revival of psychedelic science since the "Decade of the Brain." After the breakdown of this previously prospering area of psychopharmacology, and in the wake of clashes between counterculture and establishment in the late 1960's, a new generation of hallucinogen researchers used the hype around the neurosciences in the 1990's to bring psychedelics back into the mainstream of science and society. This book is based on anthropological fieldwork and philosophical reflections on life and work in two laboratories that have played key roles in this development: a human lab in Switzerland and an animal lab in California. It sheds light on the central transnational axis of the resurgence connecting American psychedelic culture with the home country of LSD. In the borderland of science and religion, Neuropsychedelia explores the tensions between the use of hallucinogens to model psychoses and to evoke spiritual experiences in laboratory settings. Its protagonists, including the anthropologist himself, struggle to find a place for the mystical under conditions of late-modern materialism.
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Hallucinogenic drugs -- Research.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
Neuropsychopharmacology.
Hallucinogenic drugs
Neuropsychopharmacology
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
Science
Psychiatric Somatic Therapies
Religious Philosophies
Pharmacology
Behavioral Sciences
Psychotropic Drugs
Models, Theoretical
Central Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
Biological Science Disciplines
Natural Science Disciplines
Investigative Techniques
Therapeutic Uses
Health Occupations
Religion
Pharmacologic Actions
Chemical Actions and Uses
Humanities
Hallucinogens
Mysticism
Psychopharmacology
Research
Models, Psychological