Narcocapitalism: Life in the Age of Anaesthesia by Laurent de Sutter HARDBACK

Narcocapitalism: Life in the Age of Anaesthesia\nby Laurent de Sutter\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Laurent de Sutter\nTitle: Narcocapitalism: Life in the Age of Anaesthesia\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and political philosophy\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2017\nISBN-13: 9781509506835\nISBN-10: 1509506837\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nWhat do the invention of anaesthetics in the middle of the nineteenth century, the Nazis' use of cocaine, and the development of Prozac have in common? The answer is that they're all products of the same logic that defines our contemporary era: 'the age of anaesthesia'. Laurent de Sutter shows how large aspects of our lives are now characterised by the management of our emotions through drugs, ranging .