Addiction Becomes Normal: On the Late-Modern American Subject by Park, Jaeyoon
Addiction Becomes Normal: On the Late-Modern American Subject by Park, Jaeyoon

Addiction Becomes Normal: On the Late-Modern American Subject

Addiction is now seen as an ordinary feature of human nature, an idea that introduces new doubts...
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Author: Jaeyoon Park
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Language: English
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Addiction Becomes Normal: On the Late-Modern American Subject by Park, Jaeyoon

Addiction Becomes Normal: On the Late-Modern American Subject

$106.80
Addiction Becomes Normal: On the Late-Modern American Subject by Park, Jaeyoon

Addiction Becomes Normal: On the Late-Modern American Subject

$106.80
Author: Jaeyoon Park
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Addiction is now seen as an ordinary feature of human nature, an idea that introduces new doubts about the meaning of our desires.

Over the last forty years, a variety of developments in American science, politics, and culture have reimagined addiction in their own ways, but they share an important understanding: increasingly, addiction is described as normal, the natural result of a body that has been exposed to potent stimuli. This shift in thinking suggests that addiction is a condition latent in all of us, a common response to a society rich in thrills.

In Addiction Becomes Normal, Jaeyoon Park provides a history and critical analysis of the normalization of addiction in late-modern American society. By exploring addiction science, diagnostic manuals, judicial reform, and public health policy, he shows how seeing addiction as normal has flourished in recent decades and is supported throughout cultural life in the United States by the language of wellness, psychotherapy, and more. Building on Michel Foucault's depiction of the human figure, Park argues that this shift reflects the emergence of a new American subject, one formed by the accretion of experiences. This view of the human subject challenges the idea that our compulsions reflect our characters, wills, or spirits. For if addiction is an extreme but ordinary attachment, and if compulsive consumption resembles healthy behavior, then desire is no longer an expression of the soul so much as the pursuit of a past reward. A perceptive work of recent history and political theory, Addiction Becomes Normal raises new questions about what it means to be human in America today.

Author: Jaeyoon Park
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 03/20/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780226832760


Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2025

About the Author
Jaeyoon Park teaches political theory at Amherst College.
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