Out of it by Stuart Walton

Out of it by Stuart Walton

In this accessible, entertaining and scholarly book, Stuart Walton takes on Nietzsche's challenge in "The Gay Science": "who will ever relate the whole history of narcotica"? It is almost the history of "culture" - from Greek and Roman antiquity, through the middle ages, the English Restoration, to the 21st century. This text guides the reader through the western history of intoxication and examines its implications for society, culture, religion and the corporeal individual. this is the first complete account of how and why human beings in all ages have had recourse to altered states of consciousness (whether through drugs or alcohol) as a primary requisite of daily life.

Stuart Walton has written for the Observer and the Sunday Telegraph as well as for numerous magazines. He has been described by the Independent as the writer, with Irvine Welsh, who has done most to change our views on drugs. He lives in Brighton.

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Titel	Out of it
Autor	Stuart Walton
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2002-06-06
Seitenanzahl	320
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