{"product_id":"psychonauts-drugs-and-the-making-of-the-modern-mind-paperback","title":"Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Jay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating.\"--Thomas W. Hodgkinson, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Richly detailed and frequently illuminating.\"--Rhys Blakely, \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Excellent.\"--Clare Bucknell, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best of the Week Pick \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on the mind did so by experimenting on themselves. Vivid descriptions of drug experiences sparked insights across the mind sciences, pharmacology, medicine, and philosophy. Accounts in journals and literary fiction inspired a fascinated public to make their own experiments--in scientific demonstrations, on exotic travels, at literary salons, and in occult rituals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But after 1900 drugs were increasingly viewed as a social problem, and the long tradition of self-experimentation began to disappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Sigmund Freud's experiments with cocaine to William James's epiphany on nitrous oxide, Mike Jay brilliantly recovers a lost intellectual tradition of drug-taking that fed the birth of psychology, the discovery of the unconscious, and the emergence of modernism. Today, as we embrace novel cognitive enhancers and psychedelics, the experiments of the original psychonauts reveal the deep influence of mind-altering drugs on Western science, philosophy, and culture.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Jay\u003c\/b\u003e has written extensively on scientific and medical history and contributes regularly to the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous books on the history of drugs include \u003ci\u003eMescaline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Society\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atmosphere of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.5 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978582130989,"sku":"9780300276091","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/L2FUlpQ2hr9780300276091.webp?v=1775805973","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/psychonauts-drugs-and-the-making-of-the-modern-mind-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}