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Addiction and the Fragility of the Human Condition: Philosophy and the Science of Dependence

Addiction and the Fragility of the Human Condition: Philosophy and the Science of Dependence

Carlos, Antonio

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PhilosophySelf-Help

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ISBN13: 9798276173887
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 25 2025
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book examines addiction as one of the deepest questions of contemporary existence, bringing together philosophy, sociology, psychology, and cultural analysis to reveal the forces that shape desire and human vulnerability. Addiction is not reduced to a clinical condition; it appears here as a mirror that exposes the fragility of the will, the limits of freedom, the impact of overstimulation, the exhaustion of performance culture, and the structural loneliness of a world that demands more than any body can endure.

Drawing on explicit references to Augustine, Spinoza, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Simone Weil, Foucault, and other major thinkers, the book guides you through an intellectual journey that weaves rigorous scientific foundations with profound philosophical reflection, allowing you to understand addiction both as personal experience and as a social phenomenon.

Engaging with essential issues of contemporary life - compulsion, repetition, hyperconsumption, emotional fragility, unstable relationships, psychic suffering, and the reconstruction of desire - this work offers a broad and insightful analysis for readers interested in philosophy, social sciences, mental health, ethics, behavior, and cultural studies.

It stands out by integrating technical knowledge with existential depth, becoming a reference for anyone seeking to understand addiction in all its complexity: how it emerges, how it persists, and what it reveals about the world we inhabit today.

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