CEREMONIAL CHEMISTRY. The Ritual Persecution Of Drugs, Addicts, And Pushers.
Language: English
Published by Anchor Press, 1974
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The first edition, 243 pages. "With his customary fresh and often startling insights, Dr. Szasz here throws new light on this timely subject." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- CEREMONIAL CHEMISTRY. The Ritual Persecution Of Drugs, Addicts, And Pushers.
- Author
- Szasz, Thomas S., M.D.
- Publisher
- Anchor Press
- Publication year
- 1974
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385066279
- ISBN 13
- 9780385066273
This is an excellent analysis of the institutionalized, state-sponsored persecution of certain rule-breaking behavior (illicit drug use) & the similarities between cultural & religious demands for specific mood-altering ceremonies & substances. One is impressed by depth of Szasz' philosophical & medical understanding of human behavior. Ceremonial Chemistry is an important book & a cornerstone in the debate on prohibiting certain foods & plants & their inevitable decriminalization.
Introduction
Pharmakos: the scapegoat
The discovery of drug addiction
The scapegoat as drug & the drug as scapegoat
Medicine: the faith of the faithless
Communions, holy & unholy
Pharmacomythology: medicine as magic
Licit & illicit healing: persecutions for witchcraft & drugcraft
Opium & Orientals: the model American scapegoats
Drugs & devils: the conversion cure of Malcolm X
Food abuse & foodaholism: from soul watching to weight watching
Pharmacracy: medicine as social control
Missionary medicine: holy wars on unholy drugs
Cures & controls: panaceas & panapathogens
Temptation & temperance: the moral perspective reconsidered
The control of conduct: authority vs autonomy
Appendix: a synoptic history of the promotion & prohibition of drugs
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