Introduction 1. Some Philosophical Questions (And a New Theory) 2. Addiction and the Individual 3. The Ecology of Addiction 4. The Culture of Addiction 5. Meaning and Addiction 6. Phenomenology 7. Possibilities for Change 8. Conclusion
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AnnotationAddiction argues that addiction should be understood not as a disease but as a phenomenon that must be understood on many levels at once. Employing a complex dynamic systems approach and philosophical methodology, Shelby explains addiction as an irreducible neurobiological, psychological, developmental, environmental, and sociological phenomenon.