False Fixes: The Cultural Politics of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Relations

This book examines recent efforts to rid society of addictions and finds them wanting. The author examines everyday addictive patterns within modernist and postmodernist cultures and provides practical suggestions in the areas of substance abuse prevention and the addiction recovery movement.

About the author

David Forbes teaches Human Services at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York and worked in a school-based drug and alcohol abuse prevention program for nine years.

Product details

• Authors: David Forbes
• Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1994
• EAN: 9780791419953
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1995-3
• No. of pages: 278
• Weight: 562 g
• Series: SUNY Series in Western Esoteri; SUNY Series in Western Esoteri; Suny Series, Teacher Empowerme
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology