The particularity of freedom and recovery from addiction in practice: On the therapeutic limitations of generalising addiction science

Original research
by
Weinberg, Darin

Release Date

2022

Geography

UK

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

No

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

Yes

Findings/Key points

“Recovery from addiction as ethical Empowerment: a note on Foucault, Posthumanism and practices of Freedom”. Shows the limits to received addiction science in warranting therapeutic care. Shows the value of Foucault and Posthumanist thought to conceptualising recovery. Develops a novel understanding of the relationship between freedom and addiction.

 

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