RT Book
T1 High culture: drugs, mysticism, and the pursuit of transcendence in the modern world
A1 Partridge, Christopher 1961-
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1046228374
AB Humans have always been fascinated by drugs and altered states. Despite the risk of addiction, many have used drugs as technologies to induce moments of meaning-making transcendence. Beginning at the close of the eighteenth century, this work traces the quest for transcendence and meaning through drugs in the West through the modern period
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
NO Previously issued in print: 2018
NO Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
CN BF207
SN 9780190459147
K1 Hallucinogenic drugs
K1 Transcendence (Philosophy)
K1 Hallucinogenic drugs : Therapeutic use
K1 Hallucinogenic drugs ; Therapeutic use
DO 10.1093/oso/9780190459116.001.0001