In light of the conceptual imperialism of addiction and its
associated biological reductionism, it is essential to keep alive
critical perspectives on addiction that expose the historical and
cultural interstices in which the disease concept of addiction is
constructed. The readings selected for this anthology include both
the classic foundational pieces and cutting-edge contemporary works
that constitute critical addiction studies. The diverse array of
human troubles now lumped under the umbrella of "addiction" are too
painful for too many millions of people and affect too many public
policy issues to be left to reductionist doctrines. The hegemony of
the addiction-as-brain-disease paradigm must be unpacked and
interrogated.
That is the purpose of this innovative text/reader by two of
sociology s most distinguished addiction researchers and
educators.
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