Pleasure, the Politics and the Reality

Buch | Hardcover

168 Seiten

1994
John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-471-94229-0 (ISBN)

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This study examines why people continue to enjoy substances - such as coffee, cigarettes and alcohol - which are apparently harmful to them. It presents the essential facts on substance abuse while encouraging readers to cast aside prejudices and evaluate for themselves the current views.

Why, despite the vast amount of literature available on substances such as tea, coffee, cigarettes and alcohol, do people continue to enjoy various substances which are apparently harmful to them? Why is pleasurable substance use often the subject of extreme opinions and conflicting policies? Here, the authors discuss these issues and the complexities of substance use. Their approach is deliberately objective, and their aim is to inform people of the essential facts regarding substance use whilst encouraging them to cast aside their prejudices and evaluate for themselves the current views and confusions surrounding this subject.

Pleasure Pathways in the Brain; The Enjoyment of Smells: Central, Autonomic and Trigeminal Interactions in Odour Perception; The Chemical Senses and Pleasure; Mechanisms of Moreishness and Food Craving; Comparing Pleasure Substances; Coffee and Behavioural Efficiency; The Bliss Point as a Measure of Pleasure; Take P-leisure Whilst Ye May; Coffee, Tea, Alcohol - at Your Doctor's Displeasure; Pleasures of Social Relaxants and Stimulants - the Ordinary Person's Attitudes and Involvement; Health Paternalism, Autonomy and the Democratic Tradition; Political Interference in Pleasurable Substances.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.2.1994
Verlagsort	Chichester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Ernährung / Diät / Fasten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
ISBN-10	0-471-94229-4 / 0471942294
ISBN-13	978-0-471-94229-0 / 9780471942290
Zustand	Neuware