Title: High culture
Description: Seventeen contributions from Alexander (Concordia U., Montreal), Roberts (philosophy, SUNY, Stony Brook), and other scholars take a cultural studies approach to addiction. The volume opens with an essay by Jacques Derrida on the rhetoric of drugs. Other topics include Walter Benjamin's hashish passages, the cultural meaning of women's smoking, and.
Subjects: Substance abuse, Creative ability, Inspiration, Modern Civilization, Civilization, modern, Polytoxicomanie, Créativité, Creativity, Culture, Substance-Related Disorders, Psychology