Drugs, Addiction and Initiation

The Modern Search for Ritual

• Author(s): Luigi Zoja,
• Publisher: Daimon
• Pages: 133
• ISBN_10: 3856305955
  ISBN_13: 9783856305956
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Law Enforcement , Psychology / General , Psychology / Psychopathology / Addiction , Religion / General , Self-Help / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs , Social Science / Customs & Traditions , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues ,

Description:... 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.