John O'Brien

States of Intoxication

The Place of Alcohol in Civilisation

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an illuminating perspective on alcohol use, drawing on approaches from both anthropological research and historical sociology to examine our ambivalent attitudes to alcohol in the modern West. Tracing the contradictory position occupied by alcohol over the course of history and civilisation - as an unproblematic and even sacred element of ritual, as a source of revenue, as central to the formation of political communities, and a source of fear for ruling groups - States of Intoxication sheds light on the manner in which we have arrived at the very peculiar modern perspective on alcohol.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781138093607
• ISBN-10: 1138093602
• Artikelnr.: 52963011

Autorenporträt

John O'Brien is a Lecturer in Sociology at Waterford Institute of Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Evolutionary Origins Of Control
2. The Social Origins Of Control
3. Alcohol And The Ritual Process: Identity
4. Alcohols And The Ritual Process: Decontrolling
5. The Limits Of Ritual
6. Proto States And Potlatches
7. Subversive States: The Case Of Russia
8. States, Revenue And Interdependence
9. The Politics Of Centralisation: Consumption And Taxation*
10. Peace, Violence And Trauma
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index