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Confronting the drug control establishment : Alfred Lindesmith as a public intellectual / David Patrick Keys and John F. Galliher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keys, David P.
- Series:
- SUNY series in deviance and social control
- SUNY series in deviance and social control Confronting the drug control establishment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lindesmith, Alfred Ray, 1905-1991.
- Lindesmith, Alfred Ray.
- Opium abuse.
- Social psychologists--United States--Biography.
- Social psychologists.
- Sociologists--United States--Biography.
- Sociologists.
- Drug legalization--United States.
- Drug legalization.
- Drug and Narcotic Control--United States.
- Opioid-Related Disorders.
- Psychology, Social--Biography.
- Sociology--Biography.
- Opium abuse--United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Drug and Narcotic Control--United States.
- Opioid-Related Disorders.
- Psychology, Social--Biography.
- Sociology--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 235 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Confronting the Drug Control Establishment is a biography of Alfred R. Lindesmith and an intellectual history of his times. A sociologist at Indiana University, Lindesmith believed legal prohibition of addictive drugs was futile and wrote widely on the threat to democracy inherent in such a policy." "Throughout his life Lindesmith attempted to utilize his research for the creation of more rational and humane drug control laws. His consistent message was that the addict's self-concept is a central element in human addiction. Lindesmith felt that an overriding influence on an addict's self-concept is a fear of withdrawal, which keeps an addict from seeking treatment and becomes a key driving force in the drug problem."--BOOK JACKET.
- Contents:
- Ch. 1. Origins and Overview of the Professional Life of Alfred Ray Lindesmith
- Ch. 2. Lindesmith's Experience in the Chicago School of Sociology: The Influence of Herbert Blumer and Edwin Sutherland
- Ch. 3. A Revised Theory of Opiate Addiction and the Writing of the Book Opiate Addiction
- Ch. 4. Contributions to Psychotherapy, Social Psychology, and Symbolic Interaction
- Ch. 5. Lindesmith versus Anslinger: Efforts to Reform National Drug Policy, 1937-1950 and the Film Drug Addict
- Ch. 6. Writing The Addict and the Law: A Statement of Policy
- Ch. 7. Public Discourse: Lindesmith in the Role of Humanist Citizen and Public Intellectual.
- Notes:
- A duplicate copy of this title was part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, but was not retained.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-4384-0888-9
- 0-585-31797-6
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