The Hand of Addiction

A Transcontextual and Autoethnographic Becoming

Weston Robins

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Routledge
12 August 2024

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Social, group or collective psychology; Health psychology; Psychotherapy

Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology

The Hand of Addiction maps out addiction from an innovative and holistic perspective, challenging the pervasive discourses surrounding addiction in many fields. Using the metaphor of a hand, the author examines addiction through five conceptual lenses—biomedical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual.

The book successfully integrates Gregory Bateson’s understanding of the human hand, and further extends it to the study of addiction, studying the relationships between the different fingers (lenses) to reveal how the study of addiction so far has been myopic and compartmentalized. Using an autoethnographic approach, the author constructs a transcontextual mapping of the potential of addiction, and challenges what we claim to know about addiction, aiming to understand addiction from a novel perspective. The book also discusses practical strategies that can be used to support those with addiction in various forms.

An important contribution to the literature on addiction studies, this book will be of great interest to academics and postgraduate students in the fields of psychology, sociology, cultural studies and other related disciplines. It will also be relevant for those interested in the philosophy and ethnography of addiction or those working in mental health.

By: Weston Robins
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032738109
ISBN 10: 1032738103
Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology
Pages: 122
Publication Date: 12 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

01. Introduction 02. Biological—The Thumb 03. Psychological— The Index Finger 04. Sociocultural—The Middle Finger 05. Developmental—The Ring Finger 06. Spiritual—The Pinky Figer 07. Playing Jazz 08. Working With Addiction

Weston Robins is President and Founder of Eternal Strength Center for Radical Youth Work. He obtained his PhD in Psychology from the University of West Georgia in 2022. He is currently working in the fields of youth work studies, addiction studies, and broad-based critical psychologies as a researcher, teacher, and clinical practitioner.