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In praise of addiction : or how we can learn to love dependency in a damaged world / Elizabeth F. S. Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Elizabeth F. S., 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Addicts--Psychology.
- Addicts.
- Compulsive behavior--Social aspects.
- Compulsive behavior.
- Compulsive behavior--Psychological aspects.
- Dependency (Psychology).
- Dependency (Sociology).
- Dependency, Psychological.
- Medical Subjects:
- Dependency, Psychological.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 359 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- "Elizabeth Roberts has experienced the suffering wrought by addiction: her sister's destructive alcoholism and dependency on prescription drugs, her mother's hoarding, and her own struggles with binge eating. As for so many of us, addiction brought about self-loathing, reflecting her individual failure to exercise self-control, to keep it together. But during her fieldwork studying chemical exposure in Mexico City, her sense of addiction got turned upside down. She witnessed her neighbors, both young and old, defiantly celebrate their compulsive dependencies on alcohol, drugs, and junk food instead of hiding them in shame. Roberts began to wonder if everything she thought she knew about addiction was wrong... Provocative and deeply humane, In Praise of Addiction invites readers to cast aside the shame, self-hatred, and judgment associated with addiction and discover how dependency can serve as a binding force worthy of our most profound devotion"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I. Mexico: addiction that binds
- Part II. United States: Anti-dependency
- Part III. Mexico: Addiction and vice
- Part IV. United States: Adaptations
- Epilogue: At the table again
- Appendix. A Prayer to Saint Addicere.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-345) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0691245800
- 9780691245805
- OCLC:
- 1519547829
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000326637
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