OPFINDELSEN AF ALKOHOLISME
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/ta.v0i39.115175Resumé
Dan Orbe: The Invention of Alcoholism
All societies are known to use intoxicants,
and alcohol is the most widely used
substance of them all. However, no direct
connection between the physical effects of
alcohol on the human organism and the
intoxicated behaviour of the users can be
established. Instead, the cultural context of
alcohol use seems to influence not only the
intoxicated behaviour, but also the problems
various societies experience with regard to
alcohol. Likewise, the definitions and
explanations of such problems appear to be
relative to certain cultures and to certain
periods of time. One such explanation
regards the excessive use of alcohol as a
disease which either develops as a result of
the use of alcohol over a long period of time
or as a combination of alcohol use and
certain unknown - perhaps hereditary -
factors in certain predisposed individuals.
The article describes how the
problematisation of excessive alcohol use
through this type of explanations has
developed since the late 18th century as part
of a process in which natural science
gradually redefined the understanding of
human behaviour, and societal changes in
North America and Europe created new
moral and ethical standards
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