Habits: Remaking Addiction

Habits: Remaking Addiction
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 389
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ISBN-10 : 9781137316776
ISBN-13 : 1137316772
Rating : 4/5 (772 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Habits: Remaking Addiction by : S. Fraser

Download or read book Habits: Remaking Addiction written by S. Fraser and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social arrangements and our political preoccupations? Where is it going as an idea and what is at stake in its ongoing production? Drawing on ethnographic research, interviews and media and policy texts, this book traces the remaking of addiction in contemporary Western societies.


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