ABSTRACT
The problem of addiction is one of the major challenges and controversies confronting medicine and society. It also poses important and complex philosophical and scientific problems. What is addiction? Why does it occur? And how should we respond to it, as individuals and as a society?
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject. It spans several disciplines and is the first collection of its kind. Organised into three clear parts, forty-five chapters by a team of international contributors examine key areas, including:
- the meaning of addiction to individuals
- conceptions of addiction
- varieties and taxonomies of addiction
- methods and models of addiction
- evolution and addiction
- history, sociology and anthropology
- population distribution and epidemiology
- developmental processes
- vulnerabilities and resilience
- psychological and neural mechanisms
- prevention, treatment and spontaneous recovery
- public health and the ethics of care
- social justice, law and policy.
Essential reading for students and researchers in addiction research and in philosophy, particularly philosophy of mind and psychology and ethics, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction will also be of great interest to those in related fields, such as medicine, mental health, social work, and social policy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|199 pages
What is addiction?
section A|113 pages
Conceptions of addiction
chapter 2|11 pages
Deriving Addiction
chapter 8|12 pages
The Harmful Dysfunction Analysis of Addiction
section B|83 pages
Varieties, taxonomies, and models of addiction
chapter 16|12 pages
“A Walk on the Wild Side” of Addiction
part II|206 pages
Explaining addiction
section A|43 pages
Anthropological, historical, and socio-psychological perspectives
chapter 20|10 pages
Multiple Commitments
section B|61 pages
Developmental processes, vulnerabilities, and resilience
section c|98 pages
Psychological and neural mechanisms
chapter 29|18 pages
Resting-State and Structural Brain Connectivity in Individuals with Stimulant Addiction
chapter 32|10 pages
Brain Mechanisms and the Disease Model of Addiction
part III|153 pages
Consequences, responses, and the meaning of addiction
section A|39 pages
Listening and relating to addicts
chapter 33|16 pages
The Outcasts Project
chapter 34|9 pages
Our Stories, Our Knowledge
section B|46 pages
Prevention, treatment, and spontaneous recovery
section c|65 pages
Ethics, law, and policy