High culture: drugs, mysticism, and the pursuit of transcendence in the modern world
Auteur :
Partridge, Christopher
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190459116
Date de publication :
12 juil. 2018
Dimensions :
16,3 x 23,9 x 3,8 cm
Poids :
930 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Humans have always been fascinated by drugs and altered states. Despite the risk of addiction, many have used drugs as technologies to induce moments of meaning-making transcendence. Beginning at the close of the eighteenth century, this book traces the quest for transcendence and meaning through drugs in the West through the modern period.