States of Intoxication
The Place of Alcohol in Civilisation
This book provides an illuminating perspective on alcohol use, drawing on approaches from both anthropological research and historical sociology to examine our ambivalent attitudes to alcohol in the modern West. From anthropological research on non-Western, non-modern cultures, the author demonstrates that the use of alcohol or other psychoactive substances is a universal across human societies, and indeed, has tended to be seen as unproblematic, or even a sacred aspect of culture, often used in a highly ritualised context. From historical sociology, it is shown that alcohol has also been central to the process of state formation, not only as…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-60498-7
- EAN: 9781351604987
- Produktnummer: 31315962
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 202 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 779 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
John O'Brien is a Lecturer in Sociology at Waterford Institute of Technology.
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