Jon Elster
Getting Hooked: Rationality and Addiction
- ISBN 13:
- 9780521038799
- author:
- Jon Elster
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2007
- Pages:
- 300
- Genre:
- Popular Philosophy Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
This comprehensive volume offers the most thorough and up-to-date discussion available of the relationship between addiction and rationality. It brings together contributions from leading experts in philosophy, psychiatry, neuroscience, sociology, and economics to provide a detailed analysis of this complex topic.
The book covers a range of topics, including the neurophysiology of addiction, critical examinations of various theories, and discussions of social causes and policy implications. It also explores the problem of relapse and the role of compulsive gambling as a form of addiction. This is an essential resource for anyone looking to understand the underlying factors that contribute to addictive behaviour.
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