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Artificial paradises : a drugs reader / edited by Mike Jay.

Title
Artificial paradises : a drugs reader / edited by Mike Jay.
Publication
London ; New York : Penguin, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Jay, Mike, 1959 December 14-
  • Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. wid
Description
xx, 384 p. : ill., port., facsims.; 22 cm.
Summary
This sensational anthology features a rich tapestry of voices exploring the powerful role that mind-altering drugs have played throughout history. It brings together a multiplicity of voices to explore the presence -- both secret and public -- of drugs in the overlapping dialogues of science and religion, pleasure and madness, individualism and social control. Featuring writings by William Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Aldous Huxley, Alice B. Toklas, Charles Baudelaire, Sigmund Freud, and an array of other seekers, Artificial Paradises locates the origins, busts the myths, examines the scientific studies, and embraces the controversy surrounding drugs, offering an honest, if not psychedelic, portrait of the lives and minds of those who have used them.
Subject
  • Drugs in literature
  • Hallucinogenic drugs > History
  • Hallucinogenic drugs > Social aspects
  • Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
  • Hallucinogens > in literature
Genre/Form
Anthologies.
Note
  • A duplicate copy of this title was part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, but was not retained.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
014118115X
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library