Drugs, Addiction and Initiation: The Modern Search for Ritual

Luigi Zoja argues that the pervasive abuse of drugs in our society can in large part be ascribed to a resurgence of the collective need for initiation and initiatory structures: a longing for something sacred underlies our culture's manic drive toward excessive consumption. In a society without ritual, the drug addict seeks not so much the thrill of a high as the satisfaction of an inner need for a participation mystique in the dominant religion of our times: consumerism.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Daimon
Published: 01/01/2000
ISBN: 9783856305956
Pages: 133
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.11w x 0.43d