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Article: Psychedelic medicalization, public discourse, and the morality of ego dissolution

TitlePsychedelic medicalization, public discourse, and the morality of ego dissolution
Authors
Keywordspopular media
psychedelic
bioethics
medicalization
neoliberal
Issue Date2021
Citation
International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2021, v. 24, n. 6, p. 917-935 How to Cite?
AbstractEmerging from a diverse and long history of shamanic and religious cultural practices, psychedelic substances are increasingly being foregrounded as medicines by an assemblage of scientific research groups, media institutions, government drug authorities, and patient and consumer populations. Considering scientific studies and recent popular media associated with the medicalization of psychedelic substances, this article responds to scholarly debates over the imbrication of scientific knowledge and moral discourse. It contends that, while scientific research into psychedelic medicine presents itself as amoral and objective, it often reverts to moral and political claims in public discourse. We illustrate how psychedelic medicine discourse in recent popular media in the United States and the United Kingdom is naturalizing specific moral and political orientations as pharmacological and healthy. The article traces how psychedelic substances have become ego-dissolving medicines invested with neoliberal and anti-authoritarian agency.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/307579
ISSN
2022 Impact Factor: 2.1
2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.673
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dc.contributor.authorGearin, Alex K.-
dc.contributor.authorDevenot, Neşe-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-12T02:53:06Z-
dc.date.available2021-11-12T02:53:06Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Cultural Studies, 2021, v. 24, n. 6, p. 917-935-
dc.identifier.issn1367-8779-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/307579-
dc.description.abstractEmerging from a diverse and long history of shamanic and religious cultural practices, psychedelic substances are increasingly being foregrounded as medicines by an assemblage of scientific research groups, media institutions, government drug authorities, and patient and consumer populations. Considering scientific studies and recent popular media associated with the medicalization of psychedelic substances, this article responds to scholarly debates over the imbrication of scientific knowledge and moral discourse. It contends that, while scientific research into psychedelic medicine presents itself as amoral and objective, it often reverts to moral and political claims in public discourse. We illustrate how psychedelic medicine discourse in recent popular media in the United States and the United Kingdom is naturalizing specific moral and political orientations as pharmacological and healthy. The article traces how psychedelic substances have become ego-dissolving medicines invested with neoliberal and anti-authoritarian agency.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Cultural Studies-
dc.subjectpopular media-
dc.subjectpsychedelic-
dc.subjectbioethics-
dc.subjectmedicalization-
dc.subjectneoliberal-
dc.titlePsychedelic medicalization, public discourse, and the morality of ego dissolution-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/13678779211019424-
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dc.identifier.volume24-
dc.identifier.issue6-
dc.identifier.spage917-
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dc.identifier.eissn1460-356X-
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