Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers
Szasz, Thomas; Gorey, Edward (DJ Art)
Language: English
Published by Anchor Press, 1974
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1974. 1st Edition. xix, 243 p. Hardbound with Dust Jacket. The DJ has some wear about the spine ends and fore-edge corners. Cloth boards are bright. Interior pages are clean and the binding is tight. Fine/VG+.
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- Title
- Ceremonial Chemistry: The Ritual Persecution of Drugs, Addicts, and Pushers
- Author
- Szasz, Thomas; Gorey, Edward (DJ Art)
- Publisher
- Anchor Press
- Publication year
- 1974
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385066279
- ISBN 13
- 9780385066273
- Edition
- First Edition.
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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