The Complexity of Addiction: Conceptions of Alcohol and Drug Addiction among Italian scholars, 1860s–1930s

Beccaria, Franca; Petrilli, Enrico

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“…Most country studies indicated that there were cross-national influences by way of scholars citing other international authors, reviews of books, and other means. For example, in Italy, one author, Zerboglio, took the work of Krafft-Ebing and Huss as his reference (Beccaria & Petrilli, 2014). In England, the work of the German authority Eduard Levinstein on morphine addiction was widely cited.…”

Section: Stage 1: 1860s To 1930mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lombroso declared that criminality was inherited and due to biological determinism. Alcohol became part of this theory because it aided criminal action and also led to physical and moral degeneration (Beccaria & Petrilli, 2014).…”

Section: Stage 1: 1860s To 1930mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lombroso reported the case of Max Jucke:From a single progenitor, the drunken Max Jucke, descended in 75 years, 200 robbers and murderers, 280 poor people suffering from blindness, idiocy, phthisis, 90 prostitutes and 300 children died early. (p. 307)This transition from generation to generation was a “sad heritage of moral vices and physical disfigurement” which led to the degeneration of the race (Beccaria & Petrilli, 2014, p. 19).…”

Section: Stage 1: 1860s To 1930mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Addiction in Europe, 1860s–1960s

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Concepts play a central part in the formulation of problems and proposed solutions to the use of substances. This article reports the initial results from a cross European historical study, carried out to a common methodology, of the language of addiction and policy responses in two key periods, 1860-1930 and the 1950s and 1960s. It concludes that the language of addiction was varied and non standard in the first period. The Anglo-American model of 'inebriety' did not apply across Europe but there was a common focus on theories of heredity and national degeneration. Post World War Two there was a more homogenous language but still distinct national differences in emphasis and national interests and policy responses to different substances. More research will be needed to deepen understanding of the conditions under which these changes took place and the social and policy appeal of disease theories.

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Section: Stage 1: 1860s To 1930mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Stage 1: 1860s To 1930mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Stage 1: 1860s To 1930mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Addiction in Europe, 1860s–1960s

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Using Digitised Medical Journals in a Cross European Project on Addiction History

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Berridge

2018

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This article draws on research conducted as part of a European project on the changing terminology used to conceptualise habitual drug, alcohol or tobacco use. We wanted to find out what language was utilised in Italy, Poland, Austria and the UK and how those concepts had changed since the mid-nineteenth century. We intended to make use of digitised journals for key word searches to enable comparisons to be made across countries and across time. Nothing, however, was straightforward. Few countries had digitised medical journals, so researchers had to use traditional search methods. Even in the UK, where journals were available digitally, there were problems with access and the searches that could be made. Digitisation did not provide a quicker way of researching cross nationally. Nonetheless our work did arrive at some valuable new conclusions. Our experiences also raise wider questions about using digitised journals for historical research.

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The Complexity of Addiction: Conceptions of Alcohol and Drug Addiction among Italian scholars, 1860s–1930s

Cited by 2 publications

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Addiction in Europe, 1860s–1960s

Addiction in Europe, 1860s–1960s

Using Digitised Medical Journals in a Cross European Project on Addiction History

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