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(2017) Toward a phenomenology of addiction, Dordrecht, Springer.

The phenomenon of the body and the "hook" of addiction

Frank Schalow

pp. 47-68

This chapter outlines the existential roots of addiction; these originate from the structures of everydayness and harbor the possibility of an individual's becoming victimized by the pursuit of his/her self-indulgences. In the process, we will describe how our simplest desires of the self's in its embodiment can be exaggerated into "fetishes," and thus cross over to form the "hook" of addiction.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66942-7_3

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Schalow, F. (2017). The phenomenon of the body and the "hook" of addiction, in Toward a phenomenology of addiction, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 47-68.

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