{"product_id":"9781945335198","title":"How to Break an Addiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat the opioid epidemic teaches us about the addiction at the root of our social life—and how we free ourselves from it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow To Break An Addiction\u003c\/i\u003e paints an original and dynamic portrait of the nature of the opioid crisis while offering original commentary on what the crisis portends about the present historical conjuncture. Interrogating long- and short-run, macro and micro, national and global, structural and personal factors, it takes the ongoing US opioid crisis as a jumping off point to illustrate the profound conclusion: capitalism at its core is an addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a blend of memoir, historical record, original research, and theoretical and cultural analysis, critical geographer and harm reduction activist Annie Spencer argues against a dominant ‘progressive’ presumption of the need to reform (or ‘save’) capitalism, demonstrating instead the imperative to think, organize, and enact new ways of being and provisioning together on a living Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow To Break An Addiction\u003c\/i\u003e renders visible the extent to which the world we inhabit today is made by addiction—in capital’s image—and against life and well-being. Spencer calls for redress of the deepening crisis of addiction and the so-called ‘epidemic’ of pain at its root; for a paradigm shift away from the dominant economic logic in favor of new kinds of ecosystemic social practice and provision. We must innovate a new way of being human together in the here and now. Spencer’s first-person narration anchors rigorous and far-reaching research and theory, making for an original and impactful tour through capital’s addiction to crisis and our ability—and need—to break from it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annie Spencer","offers":[{"title":"Common Notions |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-10-25","offer_id":45663905382655,"sku":"9781945335198","price":36.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9781945335198.jpg?v=1718385628","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781945335198","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}