{"product_id":"acid-revival-the-psychedelic-renaissance-and-the-quest-for-medical-legitimacy-9781517906726","title":"Acid Revival: The Psychedelic Renaissance and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid analysis of the history and revival of clinical psychedelic science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Psychedelic drugs are making a comeback. In the mid-twentieth century, scientists actively studied the potential of drugs like LSD and psilocybin for treating mental health problems. After a decades-long hiatus, researchers are once again testing how effective these drugs are in relieving symptoms for a wide variety of psychiatric conditions, from depression and obsessive–compulsive disorder to posttraumatic stress disorder and substance addiction. In \u003ci\u003eAcid Revival\u003c\/i\u003e, Danielle Giffort examines how this new generation of researchers and their allies are working to rehabilitate psychedelic drugs and to usher in a new era of psychedelic medicine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As this team of researchers and mental health professionals revive the field of psychedelic science, they are haunted by the past and by one person in particular: psychedelic evangelist Timothy Leary. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews with people working on scientific psychedelia, Giffort shows how today’s researchers tell stories about Leary as an “impure” scientist and perform his antithesis to address a series of lingering dilemmas that threaten to rupture their budding legitimacy. \u003ci\u003eAcid Revival\u003c\/i\u003e presents new information about the so-called psychedelic renaissance and highlights the cultural work involved with the reassembly of dormant areas of medical science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This colorful and accessible history of the rise, fall, and reemergence of psychedelic medicine is infused with intriguing narratives and personalities—a story for popular science aficionados as well as for scholars of the history of science and medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How does science plow forward in the face of stigma and skepticism? In this captivating account brimming with fascinating episodes, Danielle Giffort shows how a new generation of mental health researchers seeks to bring psychedelic drugs out of the shadows as respectable therapies—and how they ward off the specters of the countercultural past.\"—Steven Epstein, author of \u003ci\u003eImpure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Psychedelic medicine has the potential to transform psychiatry, but its advancement is threatened by unique social and legal challenges. \u003ci\u003eAcid Revival\u003c\/i\u003e provides an inside look at how the researchers conducting this controversial work present themselves as legitimate scientists. In a series of colorful stories, Danielle Giffort explains the role that cultural narrative and performance play in the production of expertise. Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding which drugs are deemed medically useful and why.\"—Joanna Kempner, author of \u003ci\u003eNot Tonight: Migraine and the Politics of Gender and Health\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAcid Revival\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to those interested in psychedelic research past and present. The candid interviews the book offers makes it a unique source.\"—\u003ci\u003ePsymposia \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book will make informative and accessible reading in undergraduate and graduate courses on the field of mental health and the sociology of science.\"—\u003ci\u003eOxford Academic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAcid Revival\u003c\/i\u003e will no doubt become a reference point for those interested in psychiatry’s varied attempts to reinvent itself as it has sought to conquer what Whooley (2019) has called its stubborn ‘ignorance.’\"—\u003ci\u003eSocial Forces \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A thorough case study relevant to the history of science.\"—\u003ci\u003eIsis Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAcid Revival \u003c\/i\u003eis an engaging and accessible read for anyone interested in scientific expertise or psychedelic science and its history. Giffort’s timely focus on psychedelic expertise provides a useful framework that science studies scholars can build on.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Behavioral Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: The Politics of Ecstasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Set and Setting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Playing the Science Game: Psychedelic Therapy Meets the Scientific Method\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Take LSD and See: Acid-Dropping Scientists and the Credibility of Firsthand Experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Chemical Key: Unlocking the Black Box of the Psychedelic Experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Who Controls Your Cortex? Moral Panic and the Politicization of Psychedelic Drugs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Turn On, Tune In, and Go to the Bake Sale: Tensions between Mainstream Science and the Psychedelic Counterculture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Why? Why Not? Some Final Words on the Ghost of Timothy Leary in the Psychedelic Renaissance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Methods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409705705815,"sku":"9781517906726","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781517906726.jpg?v=1730507746","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/acid-revival-the-psychedelic-renaissance-and-the-quest-for-medical-legitimacy-9781517906726","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}