植物靈藥:鴉片、咖啡因、麥司卡林,如何成為我們的心靈渴望?又為何成為毒品?對人類文化帶來什麼影響?

植物靈藥:鴉片、咖啡因、麥司卡林,如何成為我們的心靈渴望?又為何成為毒品?對人類文化帶來什麼影響?
ISBN-10
6263355565
ISBN-13
9786263355569
Category
Nature / Ecology
Pages
288
Language
Chinese
Published
2022-07-22
Publisher
時報文化出版
Author
麥可.波倫

Description

《時代》雜誌全球百大作家

《紐約時報》暢銷書作家

《華盛頓郵報》年度選書

美國全國公共廣播電台年度選書

暢銷書《雜食者的兩難》作者麥可.波倫

挑戰我們對植物藥品的認知

探索人類意識最極限境界

麥可.波倫是卓越的說故事專家,引領讀者以新的觀點思考毒品、植物與人類之間的關係。

──《紐約時報書評》

只有麥可.波倫能結合飲食文化與哲學,寫出清晰且令人省思的作品。

──《華盛頓郵報》

閱讀本書就像是一趟旅行,引人入勝、大開眼界、改變想法。

──《新政治家》雜誌

鴉片、咖啡因、麥司卡林

如何成為我們的心靈渴望?

又為何成為毒品?

對人類文化帶來什麼影響?

大腦是禁錮者,會限制我們的知識,倘若大腦被迷幻藥炸得粉碎,禁錮就會消失。

──喬瑟夫.坎伯(Joseph Campbell)

人類食用植物的目的除了滿足食欲,有時也為了改變意識,引發興奮或平靜的感受、擾亂或改變精神感覺。但,我們飲茶、喝咖啡來提神,而不會將茶與咖啡視為有藥性的植物,更不認為是成癮的藥物或毒品,可是若用罌粟花種子泡茶,卻會受到法律禁止。

植物在何種情形下被食用,就被稱為是違法毒品?

《時代》雜誌評選為全球百位最有影響力作家的麥可.波倫,研究飲食文化數十年,在本書中探索鴉片、咖啡因和麥司卡林,這三種與人類社會最緊密關聯的植物,如何豐富我們的文化,我們為何耗費心力使用它們改變意識,又為什麼用法律、罪惡感來箝制人們對這些植物的渴望。

本書融合科學、歷史與作者親身經歷,透過各種不同角度省思並理解,當我們食用這些植物,改變自己的意識,事實上也是以深切的方式經驗大自然。

這是一趟豐富的思索之旅,讀者可以從書中了解,千年來人類對這些植物的依賴與迷戀,反映出我們的渴望與需求,以及與自然界一花一葉緊密且複雜的連結。

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