Acid revival : the psychedelic renaissance and the quest for medical legitimacy / Danielle Giffort.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giffort, Danielle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hallucinogenic drugs--History.

Hallucinogenic drugs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]

Summary:

"A vivid analysis of the history and revival of clinical psychedelic science"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface: The Politics of Ecstasy

introduction: Set and Setting

Chapter 1: Playing the Science Game: Psychedelic Therapy Meets the Scientific Method

Chapter 2: Take LSD and See: Acid-Dropping Scientists and the Credibility of Personal Experience

Chapter 3: The Chemical Key: Unlocking the Black Box of the Psychedelic Experience

Chapter 4: Who Controls Your Cortex?: Moral Panic and the Politicization of Psychedelic Drugs

Chapter 5: Turn On, Tune In, and Go to the Bake Sale: Tensions between Mainstream Science and the Psychedelic Counterculture

Conclusion: Why? Why Not?: Some Final Words on the Ghost of Timothy Leary in the Psychedelic Renaissance

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Methods

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-5977-3

1-4529-5976-5

OCLC:

1164595407