Dear Colleagues
I am pleased to inform the release of our new book, co-edited by Clancy Cavnar and I, and published through the German publisher Springer. Reference:
Labate, Beatriz, C. & Cavnar, Clancy (Eds) (2014).Prohibition,
Religious Freedom, and Human Rights: Regulating Traditional Drug Use. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer.
ISBN
978-3-642-40956-1
http://www.springer.com/law/international/book/978-3-642-40956-1
It is a collection with 12 articles and preface by historian David T. Courtwright. Here follows an abstract:
This book addresses the use
and regulation of traditional drugs such as peyote, ayahuasca, coca leaf, cannabis, khat and Salvia divinorum. The uses of these substances can often be found at the intersection of diverse
areas of life, including politics, medicine, shamanism, religion, aesthetics,
knowledge transmission, socialization, and celebration. The collection analyzes
how some of these psychoactive plants have been progressively incorporated and
regulated in developed Western societies by both national legislation and by
the United Nations Drug Conventions. It focuses
mainly, but not only, on the debates in court cases around the world involving
the claim of religious use and the legal definitions of “religion.” It
further touches upon issues of human rights and
cognitive liberty as they relate to the consumption of drugs. While this
collection emphasizes certain uses of psychoactive substances in different
cultures and historical periods, it is also useful for thinking about the
consumption of drugs in general in contemporary societies. The cultural and
informal controls discussed here represent alternatives to the current merely
prohibitionist policies, which are linked to the spread of illicit and violent
markets. By addressing the disputes involved in the
regulation of traditional drug use, this volume reflects on notions such
as origin, place, authenticity, and tradition, thereby relating drug policy to broader
social science debates.
I am sending attached the flyer of the book (with blurbs from experts), and the Front Matter (initial pages): Preface, Introduction, Table of Contents and Author's Biographies.
Those who are interested in any of the articles can get in touch with me, and I will share a PDF for personal use only (not commercial reasons, and not to be posted on line).
If anyone is interested in writting a review, please write to me a formal message indicating your wish, institutional affiliation and possible venues for publication, and I will forward this email to the publisher in order to get you a copy of the book.
I'd appreciate if you could give us a hand in spreading the news about this publication.
With gratitude,
Bia Labate
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