The Existential drinker

Steven Earnshaw

earliest edition we have, 2018 Manchester University Press, 2018

Drinking to excess has been a striking problem for industrial and post-industrial societies - who is responsible when an individual opts for a slow suicide? The causes of such drinking have often been blamed on genes, moral weakness, 'disease' (addiction), hedonism, and Romantic illusion. Yet there is another reason: the drinker may act with sincere philosophical intent, exploring the edges of self, consciousness, wi...

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Existential Drinker edition · 2018 · Manchester University Press · 288 pages · 9781526134714
The Existential drinker hardcover · 2018 · Manchester University Press · 288 pages · 9780719099618
Existential Drinker edition · 2018 · Manchester University Press · 9781526134721

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