Denzin offers a uniquely phenomenological approach to explain the development of an alcoholic′s sense of self that is fragmented, defensive and subjective. He discusses behavioural and psychoanalytic theories of the problem and considers the views of alcoholics themselves. He places the disease within a broader social context, arguing that the alcoholic′s internal conflicts reflect the dichotomies and contradictions in society.
- ISBN10 0803927452
- ISBN13 9780803927452
- Publish Date 19 March 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 February 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 225
- Language English