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.
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Text: English, Italian (translation)
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A native of Italy and graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Luigi Zoja lectures, teaches and maintains an active clinical practice. This book, first published in Italian and then German, has received wide acclaim. Dr. Zoja, current President of the International Association for Analytical Psychology, has recently established his home and his practice in New York City.
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Whether you agree with Zoja's premise or not this is an awesome book which will push the boundaries of some addiction sciences basic assumptions. This book is very relevant to current addiction theory and beyond. The book is written for anyone who enjoys reading a great synthesizer of Jungian thought, and a multidisciplinary approach to a topic. There are very few writers who can make me not to want to put a book down, Dr. Zoja is one of them. I first read Dr. Zoja's book on ethics and psychotherapy when I was a student at a training program at the Jungian institute in Chicago. It was as equally fantastic as the book on addiction. I intend on becoming a devoted Zoja-phile as a result of my enjoyment of his work, and hope to see more published by him in the near future.
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