Culture on Drugs

Culture on Drugs
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 0719055997
ISBN-13 : 9780719055997
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Book Synopsis Culture on Drugs by : Dave Boothroyd

Download or read book Culture on Drugs written by Dave Boothroyd and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconsidering the place of drugs in our culture and the cultural crises they are perceived to endanger, 'Culture on Drugs' argues that the ideas and concepts by which modernity has attained its measure of self-understanding are themselves, in various ways, the products of encounters with drugs and their effects.


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