He is author of the book Survival of the Coolest - A Darwin's Death Defying Journey into the Interior of Addiction.
Brief information on the first international, multi-disciplinary and iconoclastic enquiry into the very nature of addiction. Also, links to Podcasts - edited excerpts from the conference recordings.
The first international, multi-disciplinary and iconoclastic enquiry into the very nature of addiction.
[Held in Bath, England.]
2006 Participants - The following participated in the conference:
Bruce Alexander (Professor of Psychology at SFU, Vancouver, Canada, principle author of a series of papers on Rat Parks and of Peaceful Measures: Canada's Way Out of the War on Drugs) “Rat Park Heaven”
Sue Blackmore (Ph.D. and independent scientist) “Good Addicts; Bad Addicts” and “The Positive Use of Drugs”
David T. Courtwright (Professor of History, University of North Florida and author: Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America; and Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World) “Addiction and Modernity, Exploring the Paradoxical Relation between Modernization and Addiction”.
John B Davies (Professor of Psychology at Strathclyde University, and Director of the Centre for Applied Social Psychology, author of The Myth of Addiction and Drugspeak) “Addiction: Physiological State or Language Game”.
Plus many others - more information on the 2006 Conference website - includes:
Reviews and feedback from the 2006 conference
The 2006 conference programme
Participants in Unhooked Thinking 2006
Podcasts - edited excerpts from the conference recordings (the full version of which are on sale in the online shop).
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Download the Unhooked Podcast: Episode One
Download the Unhooked Podcast: Episode Two
Download the Unhooked Podcast: Episode Three
Download the Unhooked Podcast: Episode Four
More info on the Podcast website