Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind

by Mike Jay

Book Overview

A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind

A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick

"Jay is a leading expert on the history of Western drug use, and Psychonauts is the latest in a series of excellent studies in which he has investigated the roots of a kind of psychoactive exploration that we tend to associate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300257945
• ISBN13: 9780300257946
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"