Historique
Chapitre
Blinding ourselves with science: the chronic infections of our thinking on psychoactive substances
Auteur(s) :
DECORTE, T.
Année :
2011
Page(s) :
33-51
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
978-1-4094-0543-6
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
RECHERCHE
;
POPULATION CACHEE
;
CONCEPT
;
DISTRIBUTION CONTROLEE
;
CONTROLE SOCIAL
;
CULTUREL
Thésaurus géographique
BELGIQUE
Résumé :
Within the study of drug use and addiction, specific scientific paradigms, methods and tools have dominated - epidemiology, psychiatry, neurobiology - while other approaches have remained more marginal (including anthropology, history, sociology, and cultural and gender studies). These dominant approaches, described by Decorte in this chapter as "Pharmacocentrism," have tended both to individualize and de-contextualize the patterns and cultures of drug consumption, as well as "naturalize" them through medical explanations (expanded in recent years through the rise of neurobiological approaches). In so doing they essentialize psychoactive substances, making them "culturally innocent" (McDonald 1994). [From the book's introduction]
Affiliation :
Department of Penal Law and Criminology, Ghent University, Belgium
Cote :
L01616