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OverviewHigher Powers draws on four years of collaborative fieldwork carried out with Ugandans working to reconstruct their lives after attempting to leave behind problematic alcohol use. Given the relatively recent introduction of biomedical ideas of alcoholism and addiction in Uganda, most of these people have used other therapeutic resources, including herbal aversion therapies, engagements with balubaale spirits, and forms of deliverance and spiritual warfare practiced in Pentecostal churches. While these methods are at times severe, they contain within them understandings of the self and practices of sociality that point away from models of addiction as a chronic relapsing brain disease and towards the possibility of release. Higher Powers offers a reconceptualization of addiction and recovery that may prove relevant well beyond Uganda. Full Product DetailsAuthor: China Scherz , George Mpanga , Sarah NamirembePublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780520396791ISBN 10: 0520396790 Pages: 156 Publication Date: 06 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationChina Scherz is Professor of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame and author of Having People, Having Heart. George Mpanga and Sarah Namirembe are independent researchers living in Kampala, Uganda. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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