Professor Darin Weinberg’s latest book, On Addiction: Insights from History, Ethnography and Critical Theory was published on 27th September 2024 by Duke University Press.
In it he offers a new theorization of addiction in which he contends that addiction requires a supple theoretical framework that provides for movements into and out of self-control, for the social and natural processes that influence these movements, for the historical contexts within which they occur, and for the ethical ramifications of taking them seriously.
To create this framework, Weinberg brings together history, ethnography, and critical theory as well as the clinical and social sciences. In this way, Weinberg takes a more holistic approach to examining the fundamental nature and ethics of addiction.