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What would you do alone in a cage with nothing but cocaine? : a philosophy of addiction / Hanna Pickard ; illustrated by Marco Venniro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pickard, Hanna, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Substance abuse.
- Substance abuse--Psychological aspects.
- Cocaine abuse.
- Cocaine-Related Disorders.
- Substance abuse--Philosophy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Cocaine-Related Disorders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- A revolutionary new paradigm for understanding addiction Why do people with addiction use drugs self-destructively?Why don't they quit out of self-concern?Why does the rat in the experiment, alone in a cage, press the lever again and again for cocaine--to the point of death?
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note to Readers
- Map of the Book
- Introduction
- Part I. Explicating addiction
- Part II. Shifting the paradigm
- Part III. Solving the puzzle
- Part IV. Ethics and relationships
- Conclusion
- List of Acronyms
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0691253552
- 9780691253558
- OCLC:
- 1546964799
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