Some philosophical questions (and a new theory) -- Addiction and the individual -- The ecology of addiction -- The culture of addiction -- Meaning and addiction -- Phenomenology -- Possibilities for change
Summary
Addiction 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
