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From theology to therapy

a genealogical account

Frank Schalow

pp. 117-141

Résumé

This chapter traces the crisscrossing of various intellectual pathways that led to developing the first program to treat addiction (i.e., the so-called "Twelve Steps"), thereby outlining the historical-cultural backdrop or interpretive horizon within which its founder attempted to understand the problem. We will discover that the historical account of his development indirectly reveals a gap in the program for treating addiction, which is only partially closed by appealing to religious maxims: specifically, the paradox of how a physically based pathology can be overcome through the practice of a "spiritual discipline."

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

Schalow Frank (2017) Toward a phenomenology of addiction: Embodiment, technology, transcendence. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 117-141

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66942-7_6

Citation complète:

Schalow Frank, 2017, From theology to therapy: a genealogical account. In F. Schalow Toward a phenomenology of addiction (117-141). Dordrecht, Springer.