What do the invention of anaesthetics in the middle of the nineteenth century, the Nazis‘ use of cocaine, and the development of Prozac have in common? The answer is that they’re all products of the same logic that defines our contemporary era: ‚the age of anaesthesia‘. Laurent de Sutter shows how large aspects of our lives are now characterised by the management of our emotions through drugs, ranging from the everyday use of sleeping pills to hard narcotics. Chemistry has become ...
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Prologue: Goin‘ Down
Chapter 1 – Welcome to Prozacland
Chapter 2 – Narcocapitalism Unlimited
Chapter 3 – Day Without End
Chapter 4 – Swallowing the Pi...
Über den Autor
Laurent de Sutter is Professor of Legal Theory at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 140 ● ISBN 9781509506859 ● Dateigröße 1.5 MB ● Übersetzer Barnaby Norman ● Verlag John Wiley & Sons ● Erscheinungsjahr 2018 ● Ausgabe 1 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 6218529 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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