The making of a mushroom people: Toward a moral anthropology of psychedelics beyond hype and anti-hype

IF 1.5 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY
Nicolas Langlitz
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Abstract

As regulatory agencies have put psychedelics on an expedited path to market approval, North Americans and Europeans might turn away from their repression and join the subset of cultures that have institutionalized the use of hallucinogenic drugs. What is the place of anthropology in this psychedelic renaissance? More specifically, how should anthropology relate to the cycles of hype and anti-hype, which have been identified as a recurrent pattern in the careers of new drugs as psychedelics have entered a second round of cultural enthusiasm and critique? This article suggests extending ethnographic studies of the psychedelic renaissance from medical to moral anthropology. The case of psychedelics is especially interesting for moral anthropology because these drugs frequently induce mystical-type experiences, which can play an ethically irritating role as mysticism challenges a strict moral order enforced through disciplinary practices. What cultural consequences would the spread of mystical experiences have for contemporary European and North American societies?

蘑菇人的形成:超越炒作和反炒作,走向迷幻药的道德人类学
随着监管机构加快迷幻药上市的步伐,北美和欧洲可能会放弃对迷幻药的压制,加入到将迷幻药的使用制度化的文化中来。在这场迷幻文艺复兴中,人类学的位置是什么?更具体地说,当致幻剂进入第二轮文化热情和批评时,炒作和反炒作的循环已被确定为新药职业生涯中反复出现的模式,人类学应该如何与之联系起来?本文建议将迷幻复兴的民族志研究从医学人类学扩展到道德人类学。对于道德人类学来说,迷幻药的案例特别有趣,因为这些药物经常引起神秘类型的体验,当神秘主义挑战通过纪律实践强制执行的严格道德秩序时,这些体验可以扮演道德刺激的角色。神秘体验的传播会对当代欧洲和北美社会产生什么样的文化影响?
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Anthropology Today
Anthropology Today ANTHROPOLOGY-
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期刊介绍: Anthropology Today is a bimonthly publication which aims to provide a forum for the application of anthropological analysis to public and topical issues, while reflecting the breadth of interests within the discipline of anthropology. It is also committed to promoting debate at the interface between anthropology and areas of applied knowledge such as education, medicine, development etc. as well as that between anthropology and other academic disciplines. Anthropology Today encourages submissions on a wide range of topics, consistent with these aims. Anthropology Today is an international journal both in the scope of issues it covers and in the sources it draws from.
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