Galios santykiai ir religinės praktikos reabilitacijos institucijoje: priklausomų asmenų identiteto kaita

Abstract

Power Relationship and Religious Practices in the Rehabilitation Institution: The Change in the Identity of Dependent People The prevalence of addictions encourages a response to the many addicts outside the borders of functioning society. Rejection and other experiences construct the identity of dependent people as a group, and there also exists the identity of dependents as individuals. This article aims to reveal the mechanisms used in a rehabilitation institution for the transformation of addicts: how power relations and the influence of religion used during rehabilitation change the identity of addicts to an identity of recovering addicts. The paper draws on data from fieldwork conducted in 2018 and 2019 in a Lithuanian addiction rehabilitation institution. Key words: addiction, power relations, symbolic power, addicts, the identity of recovering addicts.