Addiction, Modernity, and the City: A Users' Guide to Urban Space Contributor(s): Smith, Christopher B. R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138796530 ISBN-13: 9781138796539 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Self-help | Substance Abuse & Addictions - General |
Dewey: 362.29 |
LCCN: 2015035510 |
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.12 lbs) 234 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |