Sociology of Addictions

Undergraduate

The course examines the socio-cultural and discursive construction of addiction, and meanings we attach to immoderate use of licit and illicit substances. We also assess a variety of other immoderate behaviours. Topics may include history of alcoholism, theories of addiction, recovery processes, embedded technologies of power and resistance, gambling, food, sex, Internet addictions, and addiction as a form of deviance. Prerequisite(s): 3h of 1000-level SOCI and second-year standing, or permission of the instructor.