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''In rich and arresting prose, and with radical originality, Dakwar expands initial, pragmatic insights about addiction into a far-reaching examination of authenticity, exploring how we define a happy life, a good life, a valid life.'' - Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon


A deeply humane and revolutionary new framework for understanding and treating addiction

What causes addiction, and how should we treat it? Today it is understood primarily as a brain disease, yet in this bold reimagining of addiction, pioneering psychiatrist Elias Dakwar argues that this is false. It fails to explain, among other things, why many people can enjoy drugs without developing a dependency on them. Despite decades of neuroscientific research, we aren't much closer to truly understanding the nature of addiction, nor to addressing it effectively.

In The Captive Imagination, Dakwar argues that addiction is an existential challenge, requiri

The Captive Imagination

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 1 April 2024
      ISBN-13 9780241655351
      978-0241655351
      ISBN-10 241655358
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      Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''In rich and arresting prose, and with radical originality, Dakwar expands initial, pragmatic insights about addiction into a far-reaching examination of authenticity, exploring how we define a happy life, a good life, a valid life.'' - Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon


      A deeply humane and revolutionary new framework for understanding and treating addiction

      What causes addiction, and how should we treat it? Today it is understood primarily as a brain disease, yet in this bold reimagining of addiction, pioneering psychiatrist Elias Dakwar argues that this is false. It fails to explain, among other things, why many people can enjoy drugs without developing a dependency on them. Despite decades of neuroscientific research, we aren't much closer to truly understanding the nature of addiction, nor to addressing it effectively.

      In The Captive Imagination, Dakwar argues that addiction is an existential challenge, requiri

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