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Pharmakon
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Author : Michael A. Rinella
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2010-06-05
Pharmakon written by Michael A. Rinella and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-05 with History categories.
Pharmakon: Plato, Drug Culture, and Identity in Ancient Athens examines the emerging concern for controlling states of psychological ecstasy in the history of western thought, focusing on ancient Greece (c. 750-146 BCE), particularly the Classical Period (c. 500-336 BCE) and especially the dialogues of the Athenian philosopher Plato (427-347 BCE). Employing a diverse array of materials ranging from literature, philosophy, medicine, botany, pharmacology, religion, magic, and law, Pharmakon fundamentally reframes the conceptual context of how we read and interpret Plato's dialogues. Michael A. Rinella demonstrates how the power and truth claims of philosophy, repeatedly likened to a pharmakon, opposes itself to the cultural authority of a host of other occupations in ancient Greek society who derived their powers from, or likened their authority to, some pharmakon. These included Dionysian and Eleusinian religion, physicians and other healers, magicians and other magic workers, poets, sophists, rhetoricians, as well as others. Accessible to the general reader, yet challenging to the specialist, Pharmakon is a comprehensive examination of the place of drugs in ancient thought that will compel the reader to understand Plato in a new way.
The Pharmakon
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Author : Hermann Herlinghaus
language : en
Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
Release Date : 2018
The Pharmakon written by Hermann Herlinghaus and has been published by Universitatsverlag Winter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Creative ability categories.
The ancient Greek semantic of?pharmakon? comprised at least three meanings? denoting a medicine, a poison, and/or a magic potion. This helps to uncover a non-dogmatic meaning of?drugs.? A millenarian cultural history testifies to the ongoing need of communities and societies to actively use and deal with?pharmaka,? prominently including mind-altering substances. However, Western modernity has complicated an unbiased approach to the pharmacological aspects of historical and social life by aggressively multiplying, and later restricting psychoactive substances. 0The present volume questions a logic of good vs. bad drugs as it discusses a wide semantic spectrum? the cultural, anthropological, aesthetic, and poetological scope of the?pharmakon.? In order to critically resituate the concept, the book offers a glance into compelling scenarios, European, North American, Latin American, Transatlantic, and fascinating transdisciplinary perspectives.
The Pharmakon
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Author : Hermann Herlinghaus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
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Pharmakon
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Author : Dirk Wittenborn
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-04-14
Pharmakon written by Dirk Wittenborn and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-14 with Fiction categories.
It is 1950s America and madness is in the air. In a world where the 'cures' for craziness include coma therapy, cyanide treatment and full-frontal lobotomies, Dr. William T. Friedrich, a young and ambitious psychology professor at Yale, stumbles upon a tropical plant that seems to possess the secret ingredient of happiness. In Casper Gedsic, a fiercely intelligent, socially inept, near-suicidal maths student, he seems to have found the perfect guinea pig. But when his experiments goes awry, Casper's thirst for revenge turns murderous and his actions have consequences that will haunt Friedrich and his family forever...
The Pharmakon
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
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Pharmakon Or The Story Of A Happy Family
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Author : Dirk Wittenborn
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Pharmakon Or The Story Of A Happy Family written by Dirk Wittenborn and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Fiction categories.
An honest, insightful , and ruefully funny look at the fate of one American family vis-à-vis the rise of modern psychopharmacology, Pharmakon, or The Story of a Happy Family is nothing less than a contemporary epic. The novel follows William Friedrich, an ambitious professor of psychology at Yale in the early 1950s, who has stumbled upon a drug that promises happiness to those who ingest it and fame and fortune to the man who can synthesize it. But when a brilliant and troubled research subject commits murder, the consequences will haunt Friedrich and his family for years to come.
Pharmakon
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Author : Julian Vayne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-09-01
Pharmakon written by Julian Vayne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with Family & Relationships categories.
Ranging across both published and anecdotal evidence, Pharmakon traces the story of drug use as a means of self-exploration. By examining apparently simple questions such as 'what is a drug?', Pharmakon deconstructs and reconstructs the idea of drug experience. Experiences that the author believes are fundamental to the process of self-actualisation and learning. Julian Vayne has written on a number of esoteric subjects (witchcraft, the tarot and the sociology of contemporary Paganism). This book is aimed at both the general reader and those who are interested in the use of drugs in a spiritual context. Delving into areas as diverse as philosophy and neurochemistry, this is a book that in both style and content seeks to invent a new understanding of drugs in culture. From Mandrake Speaks #100 'A well researched and informative look at a variety of popular and not-so-well-known drugs. He deals with how they interact with our minds and bodies both chemically and psychologically, and how we perceive substances on a personal and society-wide scale. The similarities discussed between some drug experiences and some mental illnesses may lead to different viewpoints on both. Liberally sprinkled with folklore and anecdotes, Pharmakon examines the use of drugs in self-exploration, employing a knowledgeable, yet down-to-earth approach that's interesting and readable.'
Pharmakon
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Author : Almudena Sanchez
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-01-16
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A delicate, beautifully written testimony to depression from one of Spain's most exciting new voices.
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Author : Derek Beaven
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-03-22
Pharmakon written by Derek Beaven and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-22 with categories.
PHARMAKON is a new collection of poems from the critically acclaimed author, Derek Beaven, whose novels include IF THE INVADER COMES, ACTS OF MUTINY & NEWTON'S NIECE. 'This collection contains forty-three poems in various formats. Some are substantial or consist of narrative sequences. Others are brief and poignant. There are also many touches of humour. The title PHARMAKON suggests the need for a cure-it's the original Greek word for a remedy (as in pharmacy, pharmaceutical, of course), and the title poem plays with the idea that poetry is often supposed to be "good for us". The poems all spring from a period some years ago when I was unwell and in need of a remedy, but they have nothing to do with drugs or medication-because I didn't take any. They represent, instead, a journey through a poetic landscape where the prospect of healing hangs just out of reach--almost like the grail. On the way, we meet a variety of figures: the lady projectionist, the modern-day knight encased in the "wrap-round" steel of his car, the cyclist caught by an ambiguous angel, the tragic dog boy, or the patient who invents an alternative body in order to breathe... These are poems that experiment with the possibilities both of subject matter and of form. If some appear dark, they offer, in the end, a message of hope.'
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
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