Neuropsychedelia

Zusatztext "Neuropsychedelia is an elegant exemplar of both science studies and anthropology of the contemporary." Informationen zum Autor Nicolas Langlitz is Assistant Professor at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of Die Zeit der Psychoanalyse: Lacan und das Problem der Sitzungsdauer . Klappentext "Langlitz's fieldwork in cutting-edge neuroscience laboratories is a much-needed scholarly work on the neglected area of psychedelic drugs and what these drugs can tell us about ourselves. Here! Langlitz grapples with the difficult issues at stake when studying these areas of neuroscience and psychopharmacology."-David Healy! author of Pharmageddon "This is a first-class anthropological achievement. Langlitz' careful! long-term fieldwork generated many powerful and unexpected insights into the past and present of hallucinogen research. Neuropsychedelia will surely become the standard reference for this burgeoning field of social studies."-Tobias Rees! Assistant Professor of Anthropology at McGill University "Beautifully rendered, exhasutively documented. . . . Highly Recommended."--J. G. Schnellman"Choice" (08/01/2013) Zusammenfassung Examines the revival of psychedelic science since the "Decade of the Brain". This book is based on anthropological fieldwork and philosophical reflections on life and work in two laboratories that have played key roles in this development: a human lab in Switzerland and an animal lab in California. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Neuropsychopharmacology as Spiritual Technology 1. Psychedelic Revival 2. Swiss Psilocybin and US Dollars 3. The Varieties of Psychedelic Lab Experience 4. Enacting Experimental Psychoses 5. Between Animality and Divinity 6. Mystic Materialism Conclusion: Fieldwork in Perennial Philosophy Notes Bibliography Index ...

Autorentext
Nicolas Langlitz is Assistant Professor at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of Die Zeit der Psychoanalyse: Lacan und das Problem der Sitzungsdauer.

Klappentext
"Langlitz's fieldwork in cutting-edge neuroscience laboratories is a much-needed scholarly work on the neglected area of psychedelic drugs and what these drugs can tell us about ourselves. Here, Langlitz grapples with the difficult issues at stake when studying these areas of neuroscience and psychopharmacology."David Healy, author of Pharmageddon

"This is a first-class anthropological achievement. Langlitz' careful, long-term fieldwork generated many powerful and unexpected insights into the past and present of hallucinogen research. Neuropsychedelia will surely become the standard reference for this burgeoning field of social studies."Tobias Rees, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at McGill University

Zusammenfassung
Examines the revival of psychedelic science since the "Decade of the Brain". This book is based on anthropological fieldwork and philosophical reflections on life and work in two laboratories that have played key roles in this development: a human lab in Switzerland and an animal lab in California.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Neuropsychopharmacology as Spiritual Technology
1. Psychedelic Revival
2. Swiss Psilocybin and US Dollars
3. The Varieties of Psychedelic Lab Experience
4. Enacting Experimental Psychoses
5. Between Animality and Divinity
6. Mystic Materialism
Conclusion: Fieldwork in Perennial Philosophy

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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