Modernity and Drugs from an Historical Perspective
Many of the drugs that are currently considered as illegal were crucial for the consolidation of late 18th and early 19th century colonial elites, and were also part of a chameleonic modernity process. This text recreates the link between modernity and the use of stimulating substances, showing how...
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| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNAM |
| Repositorio: | Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/51787 |
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| Palabra clave: | psychoactive substances criminalization illegal substances cannabis modernity colonialism capitalism sustancias psicoactivas criminalización sustancias ilícitas modernidad colonialismo capitalismo |
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| author | Luna-Fabritius, Adriana |
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| description | Many of the drugs that are currently considered as illegal were crucial for the consolidation of late 18th and early 19th century colonial elites, and were also part of a chameleonic modernity process. This text recreates the link between modernity and the use of stimulating substances, showing how this relationship was explored by 19th century sociologists, according to which it triggered the crisis of modernity as it brought to an end the self-government capacities of the kantian individual. The author analyzes how the criminalization process of these substances has responded to phenomena rather unrelated with public health policies, and claims that the prohibition of its commercialization and use is linked to other type of social facts. Some aspects of the establishment of the global market and the use of psychoactive substances in Europe and the United States are analyzed, showing how these products contributed to the consolidation of colonial elites, by means of drugs commercialization and the purchase and sale of slaves. Finally, the author advances a new approach to discuss modernity and the use of psychoactive substances, thus discarding the 19th century approach that has hindered a debate on this issue. |
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| spelling | Modernity and Drugs from an Historical Perspective Modernidad y drogas desde una perspectiva histórica Luna-Fabritius, Adriana psychoactive substances criminalization illegal substances cannabis modernity colonialism capitalism sustancias psicoactivas criminalización sustancias ilícitas modernidad colonialismo capitalismo Many of the drugs that are currently considered as illegal were crucial for the consolidation of late 18th and early 19th century colonial elites, and were also part of a chameleonic modernity process. This text recreates the link between modernity and the use of stimulating substances, showing how this relationship was explored by 19th century sociologists, according to which it triggered the crisis of modernity as it brought to an end the self-government capacities of the kantian individual. The author analyzes how the criminalization process of these substances has responded to phenomena rather unrelated with public health policies, and claims that the prohibition of its commercialization and use is linked to other type of social facts. Some aspects of the establishment of the global market and the use of psychoactive substances in Europe and the United States are analyzed, showing how these products contributed to the consolidation of colonial elites, by means of drugs commercialization and the purchase and sale of slaves. Finally, the author advances a new approach to discuss modernity and the use of psychoactive substances, thus discarding the 19th century approach that has hindered a debate on this issue. Muchas de las drogas que hoy consideramos ilícitas fueron fundamentales en la consolidación de las élites colonialistas de finales del siglo xviii y principios del xix, así como parte de un proceso de modernidad camaleónico. Este texto reconstruye el vínculo entre modernidad y consumo de sustancias estimulantes, mostrando cómo esta relación fue explorada por sociólogos del siglo xix, quienes las percibieron como detonantes de una crisis de la modernidad al acabar con las capacidades de autogobierno del individuo kantiano. En este artículo se analiza la forma en que el proceso de criminalización de estas sustancias ha obedecido a fenómenos poco relacionados con políticas de salud pública y se sostiene que la prohibición de la comercialización y del consumo se vincula con fenómenos sociales de otra índole. Se analizan algunos puntos del establecimiento del comercio global y consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en Europa y Estados Unidos, donde se muestra que estos productos sirvieron para consolidar a las élites coloniales mediante su comercialización y la compra, y venta de esclavos. Finalmente, se propone un nuevo enfoque para discutir la modernidad y el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas, descartando así aquel enfoque decimonónico que ha dificultado el debate actual en la materia. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/51787 10.1016/S0185-1918(15)30018-0 |
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| title | Modernity and Drugs from an Historical Perspective |
| title_full | Modernity and Drugs from an Historical Perspective |
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| title_short | Modernity and Drugs from an Historical Perspective |
| title_sort | Modernity and Drugs from an Historical Perspective |
| topic | psychoactive substances criminalization illegal substances cannabis modernity colonialism capitalism sustancias psicoactivas criminalización sustancias ilícitas modernidad colonialismo capitalismo |
| topic_facet | psychoactive substances criminalization illegal substances cannabis modernity colonialism capitalism sustancias psicoactivas criminalización sustancias ilícitas modernidad colonialismo capitalismo |
| url | https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/51787 |