The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit

by Bruce K. Alexander

Book Overview

'The Globalization of Addiction' presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction.
Scientific medicine has failed when it comes to addiction. There are no reliable methods to cure it, prevent it, or take the pain out of it. There is no durable consensus on what addiction is, what causes it, or what should be done about it. Meanwhile, it continues to increase around the world. This book argues that the cause of this failure to control addiction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199588716
• ISBN13: 9780199588718
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"