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Beschreibung
Twenty-first century neuroscience has discovered that in some severe cases, addiction may so constrain human freedom that the will is only able to choose to use substances of abuse. At this advanced stage, substance use has become the primary driver of salience, co-opting
and subsuming other moral priorities and human rewards. Scholars have investigated Aristotle's concept of akrasiaas an ancient mirror of this understanding and there have been some preliminary discussions of Augustine's concept of the divided will as it bears on addiction.

No detailed and comprehensive exploration of the work of Augustine has yet been undertaken as it relates to three contemporary models of addiction: the choice, learning, and brain disease models. Augustine's psychological awareness, his mastery of ancient theological and philosophical thinking, and his enormous and enduring influence on both Catholic and Protestant theology, make him an ideal subject for such research. This incisive book argues that Augustine's doctrine of the captive will offers a theological parallel of each of these contemporary models of addiction.
Twenty-first century neuroscience has discovered that in some severe cases, addiction may so constrain human freedom that the will is only able to choose to use substances of abuse. At this advanced stage, substance use has become the primary driver of salience, co-opting
and subsuming other moral priorities and human rewards. Scholars have investigated Aristotle's concept of akrasiaas an ancient mirror of this understanding and there have been some preliminary discussions of Augustine's concept of the divided will as it bears on addiction.

No detailed and comprehensive exploration of the work of Augustine has yet been undertaken as it relates to three contemporary models of addiction: the choice, learning, and brain disease models. Augustine's psychological awareness, his mastery of ancient theological and philosophical thinking, and his enormous and enduring influence on both Catholic and Protestant theology, make him an ideal subject for such research. This incisive book argues that Augustine's doctrine of the captive will offers a theological parallel of each of these contemporary models of addiction.
Über den Autor
Cynthia Geppertis Professor of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine and Director of Ethics Education at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, USA. She is also Adjunct Professor of Bioethics at Alden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical College, USA.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1
Eternal Questions

Part I: The Historical and Philosophical Review of the Models of Addiction

Chapter 2
Models and Methods in Addictionology

Chapter 3
The Moral Model of Addiction

Chapter 4
The Disease Model of Addiction

Chapter 5
The Brain Disease Model of Addiction

Chapter 6
The Backlash Against the Brain Disease Model and the Rise of Alternative Models

Part II: Phenomenology of the Confessions

Chapter 7
Books I through IV: Augustine the Lost Seeker

Chapter 8
Books V through VII: Augustine's Intellectual Conversion

Chapter 9
The Conversion of the Will: Books VIII through IX

Chapter 10
The Conversions of Memory: Books X through XIII

Part III: Theological Analysis

Chapter 11
The Captivity of the Will

Chapter 12
Augustine, Sin, and the Models of Addiction

Chapter 13
Grace and the Models of Addiction

Chapter 14
The Colloguium between Augustine and Addiction

Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780567713568
ISBN-10: 0567713563
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Geppert, Cynthia
Hersteller: T&T Clark
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Cynthia Geppert
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.12.2025
Gewicht: 0,421 kg
Artikel-ID: 134372783