Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521644693)

This broad-ranging and innovative investigation explores the ways in which both authorities and individual consumers have defined and managed the pleasures and dangers of alcoholic beverages. It explores the question of free will versus determinism and how it has been challenged by ideas about addiction, morality and psychology during the past 150 years. This book is based on years of original research and draws on sources from the United States, UK, Canada and elsewhere and will appeal to readers in legal studies, addiction studies, criminology, sociology and psychology.

Author: Mariana Valverde
ISBN-10: 0521644690
ISBN-13: 9780521644693
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/28/1998
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d