Drugs, Addiction, & Initiation: The Modern Search for Ritual

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Luigi Zoja argues that the pervasive abuse of drugs in our society can in large part be ascribed to a resurgence of the collective need for initiation and initiatory structures: a longing for something sacred underlies our culture's manic drive toward excessive consumption. In a society without ritual, the drug addict seeks not so much the thrill of a high as the satisfaction of an inner need for a participation mystique in the dominant religion of our times: consumerism.
Drugs, Addiction, & Initiation: The Modern Search for Ritual
Par Luigi Zoja, Marc E. Romano
Publié par Daimon, 2000
ISBN 3856305955, 9783856305956
133 pages

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