UID:
kobvindex_HPB930097081
Umfang:
1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:
9781317634393
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131763439X
Serie:
Routledge Advances in Sociology ; 163
Inhalt:
Examining the interdependent nature of substance, space, and subjectivity, this book constitutes an interdisciplinary analysis of the intoxication indigenous to what has been termed "our narcotic modernity." The first section - Drug/Culture - demonstrates how the body of the addict and the social body of the city are both inscribed by "controlled" substance. Positing addiction as a "pathology (out) of place" that is specific to the (late- )capitalist urban landscape, the second section - Dope/Sick - conducts a critique of the prevailing pathology paradigm of addiction, proposing in its place a theoretical reconceptualization of drug dependence in the terms of "p/re/in-scription." Remapping the successive stages or phases of our narcotic modernity, the third section - Narco/State - delineates three primary eras of narcotic modernity, including the contemporary city of "safe"/"supervised" consumption. Employing an experimental, "intra-textual" format, the fourth section - Brain/Disease - mimics the sense, state or scape of intoxication accompanying each permutation of narcotic modernity in the interchangeable terms of drug, dream and/or disease. Tracing the parallel evolution of "addiction," the (late- )capitalist cityscape, and the pathological project of modernity, the four parts of this book thus together constitute a users' guide to urban space
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Smith, Christopher B.R. Addiction, modernity, and the city. A users' guide to urban space ISBN 9781138796539
Sprache:
Englisch
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