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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.
Luigi Zoja is a native of Italy and a graduate of the C G Jung Institute in Zurich, He lectures, teaches, and maintains a clinical practice in Milan. A former President of the International Association for Analytical Psychology, he has written a number of books.
- ISBN-13
- 9783856305956
- Publisher
- Daimon Verlag
- Imprint
- Daimon Verlag (CH)
- Publication date
- 1 January 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 133
- Dimensions
- 155 x 230 mm
- Language
- English
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