{"product_id":"drunk-edward-slingerland-9780316453387","title":"Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"entertaining and enlightening\" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization--and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of \u003ci\u003eExercised\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrunk\u003c\/i\u003e elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, \u003ci\u003eDrunk\u003c\/i\u003e shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often told. In fact, intoxication helps solve a number of distinctively human challenges: enhancing creativity, alleviating stress, building trust, and pulling off the miracle of getting fiercely tribal primates to cooperate with strangers. Our desire to get drunk, along with the individual and social benefits provided by drunkenness, played a crucial role in sparking the rise of the first large-scale societies. We would not have civilization without intoxication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom marauding Vikings and bacchanalian orgies to sex-starved fruit flies, blind cave fish, and problem-solving crows, \u003ci\u003eDrunk\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with fascinating case studies and engaging science, as well as practical takeaways for individuals and communities. The result is a captivating and long overdue investigation into humanity's oldest indulgence--one that explains not only \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e we want to get drunk, but also how it might actually be good for us to tie one on now and then. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Slingerland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316453382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316453387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little, Brown Spark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021 pg. 4","brand":"Edward Slingerland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053967601919,"sku":"9780316453387","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a8de4b9-570c-402b-accb-fd1234643dae.jpg?v=1685027250","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drunk-edward-slingerland-9780316453387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}