Addiction in the Making

Posted: 27 Oct 2015

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William Garriott

Drake University - Law, Politics, and Society Program

Eugene Raikhel

University of Chicago - Department of Comparative Human Development

Date Written: October 2015

Abstract

This review traces the literatures in cultural anthropology and neighboring disciplines that are focused on addiction as an object of knowledge and intervention, and as grounds for self-identification, sociality, and action. Highlighting the production of disease categories, the staging of therapeutic interventions, and the ongoing work of governance, this work examines addiction as a key site for the analysis of contemporary life. It likewise showcases a general movement toward accounts of addiction that foreground complexity, contingency, and multiplicity.

Suggested Citation

Garriott, William and Raikhel, Eugene, Addiction in the Making (October 2015). Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 44, pp. 477-491, 2015, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2679285 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-102214-014242

William Garriott (Contact Author)

Drake University - Law, Politics, and Society Program ( email )

Des Moines, IA 50311
United States

Eugene Raikhel

University of Chicago - Department of Comparative Human Development ( email )

Chicago, IL 60637
United States

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