The age of addiction : how bad habits became big business / David T. Courtwright.
The age of addiction : how bad habits became big business / David T. Courtwright.
The age of addiction : how bad habits became big business / David T. Courtwright.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/3210
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English
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Physical content
325 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Newfound pleasures -- Mass pleasures -- Liberating enslaving pleasures -- Anti-vice activism -- Pro-vice activism -- Food addictions -- Digital addictions -- Against excess.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. What can we do to resist temptations that insidiously and deliberately rewire our brains? Nothing, David Courtwright says, unless we understand the global enterprises whose "limbic capitalism" creates and caters to our bad habits.--Provided by publ...
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The age of addiction : how bad habits became big business / David T. Courtwright.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/3210
Record Identifier
74VKVx4q4agl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVx4q4agl
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ISBN
0674737377 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674737372 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
616.85227
MMS ID
991024249914502626
