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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The book on drugs that I've wanted. Time to go snort pounds of Chinese research chems in order to come up with novel philosophical theories and writing styles. Rec'd for fans of Foucault and Bachelard. ( ) As per the title, Plant is writing about drugs, and about how others have written about them and/or on them. It's a big maze in which she sometimes gets lost -- partly because the subject and the author's verbal skill are both temptations toward an excess of style -- but the central image of opium & co. as a dragon romping through the world and shaping our history is hard to resist. The obligatory section on Coleridge and De Quincey goes beyond psychological and literary analysis, to the question of whether the Industrial Revolution and the British empire could have happened that way if everyone weren't on tons of opiates. Plant also makes William Burroughs more accessible and interesting than others do, which has the side effect of making nearly every later writer she discusses seem much less interesting. no reviews | add a review
Modern culture has found itself on drugs. Beyond their psychoactive effects, they have shaped some of the modern era's most fundamental philosophies and even helped expose the neurochemistry of the human brain. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)394.1Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore General Customs Eating, drinking, using drugsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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