Toward a Phenomenology of Addiction: Embodiment, Technology, Transcendence

Applies the phenomenological method to show how technology transforms our culture of immediate gratificationTakes a philosophical approach to a personal and social crisis
Provides a unique inroad to understanding and appropriating Heidegger's thinking
Is written for an interdisciplinary audience in psychiatry, phenomenological psychology, and health-care

Autorentext
Frank Schalow is Professor of Philosophy and University Research Professor at the University of New Orleans. He is the author of Heidegger and the Quest for the Sacred (Springer, 2001), and editor of Heidegger, Translation, and the Task of Thinking: Essays in Honor of Parvis Emad (Springer, 2011). Frank Schalow serves as co-editor of the international journal Heidegger Studies ; in April, 2015, he received the Excellence in Research Award by the University Honors Program of the University of New Orleans.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Everydayness and the Norm of Addictive Practices.- Chapter 3. The Phenomenon of the Body and the Hook of Addiction.- Chapter 4. Self-Deception and Co-Dependency.- Chapter 5. Technology and the Rise of the Artifice.- Chapter 6. From Theology to Therapy: A Genealogical Approach.- Chapter 7. In Search of a Discourse: The Path of Recovery.- Chapter 8. From Excess to Economy: Taking Ownership.