Thurnell-Read / Monaghan Intoxication

Self, State and Society
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-19171-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Law and Criminology

What images come to mind when you read the word ‘intoxication’? What behaviour do you associate with the word ‘drunk’? When you hear the word ‘drug’, what images do you recall? 
This textbook provides an essential and thorough grounding in debates about the role of intoxication in contemporary society, from social and cultural perspectives. It examines intoxication in the broadest sense as including both legal and illegal substances and both culturally accepted and socially stigmatised practices. Given the pace of recent changes in policy and practice – from the increasingly common legalisation of cannabis, to the recent trend of sobriety amongst adolescents and young adults – this book stands out by offering both a through historical and theoretical overview and a topical and forward looking exploration of current debates. It adopts a multi-scale approach to examine wider patterns of change so it considers the subjective experiences of the role intoxication plays in the lives of individuals and groups, in the construction of diverse identities and how this differs by age, gender and ethnicity. The authors play particular attention to the way in which the state justifies interventions based on moral, health and criminal justice discourses and also consider the role played by other individuals and institutions, not least the mass media and the alcohol industry, in propagating and challenging common sense explanations of intoxication. It speaks to undergraduates, master's students and above, with a range of pedagogic features, and offers insights into policy and practice. 

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thurnell-Read, Thomas

Monaghan, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments. 3

About the Authors. 4 Table of Contents. 5 1. Introduction to Intoxication: Self, State and Society. 9 Introduction. 9 Why Study Intoxication?. 10 What Are Drugs?. 14 Measuring Intoxication. 17 How to Use This Book. 19 The Structure of This Book. 20 Points for Discussion. 21 References. 21 2. Historical Origins and Emergence of Intoxication. 24 Introduction. 24 Intoxication in the Pre-Modern Age. 26 Modernity and Intoxication. 28 Intoxication in the 20 Century. 35 Summary. 39 Points for Discussion. 40 References. 40 3. The Regulation and Control of Alcohol 43 Introduction. 43 Alcohol Legislation: Historical Context. 44 The ‘Noble Experiment’: American and the Prohibition of Alcohol 46 Prohibition in Muslim Majority Countries. 50 The Price of Drink: Regulating the Alcohol Availability and Demand. 51 Alcohol and Crime. 54 ‘Please Drink Responsibly’?: The problem of moderation. 57 Summary. 58 Points for Discussion. 59 References. 59 4. The Regulation and Control of Drugs. 63 Introduction. 63 The Origins of Drug Prohibition. 63 UN Conventions. 68 The Misuse of Drugs Act. 69 Prohibition as the ‘War on Drugs’ 72 Prohibition 2.0. 76 Decriminalisation and Legalization Debates. 78 Summary. 79 Points for Discussion. 80 References. 80 5. Theorising Intoxication. 85 Introduction. 85 Physiological Explanations of Intoxication. 86 Social and Cultural Explanations of Intoxication. 87 From Deviance to Subcultures. 89 The Normalisation Debate. 93 Intoxication for Pleasure, Profit and Identity. 101 Summary. 103 Points for Discussion. 104 References. 104 6. Addiction, Treatment and Recovery. 108 Introduction. 108 The Invention of Addiction. 110 The Criminalisation of Addiction. 114 Types of Treatment. 115 Abstinence Approaches (12 Step, Self Help). 115 Therapeutic Communities. 118 Opiate Substitution Therapy. 119 Public Health and Harm Reduction Approaches. 120 Behaviour Change Approaches. 125 Summary. 125 Points for Discussion. 126 References. 126 7. Representing Intoxication. 130 Introduction. 130 Why Representations of Intoxication Matter?. 130 Historical Representations. 132 Representing Drugs in the 20th Century. 133 Celebrities and Addiction. 138 Advertising, Alcohol and Drugs. 139 ‘Binge Drinking’ and UK Media Representations of Intoxication. 141 Media and Morality: Shock and Disgust. 143 Summary. 145 Points for Discussion. 146 References. 146 8. Intoxication across the Life Course. 149 Introduction. 149 Coming of Age through Intoxication. 149 Intoxication in Adulthood. 153 Intoxication in Later Life. 155 Alcohol and Drug-Related Deaths. 156 Summary. 157 Points for Discussion. 158 References. 158 9. Intoxication, Gender and Sexuality. 161 Introduction. 161 Gendering Intoxication. 162 The Feminisation of Intoxication. 167 Alcohol, Drugs and Sex. 170 Queering Intoxication. 173 Summary. 174 Points for Discussion. 175 References. 175 10. Intoxication, Ethnicity, Faith and Nation. 179 Introduction. 179 Drinking Nations and National Drinking Cultures. 179 The Racist Origins of Drugs Prohibition. 182 Contemporary Racism and the War on Drugs. 184 Intoxication, Identity and Inequality. 185 Summary. 188 Points for Discussion. 189 References. 189 11. Intoxication by Design. 191 Introduction. 191 New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) 192 Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs. 194 The Pharmaceutical Society. 198 Summary. 201 Points for Discussion. 201 References. 201 12. Conclusion: Intoxication and its Futures. 204 Introduction. 204 Self, State and Society: Revisiting the ‘Scales’ of Intoxication. 205 The Futures of Intoxication. 206 Points for Discussion. 207 References. 207

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Thurnell-Read is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University, UK. 

Mark Monaghan is Reader in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University, UK.