by Antonio Escohotado · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433966537
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In "Historia elemental de las drogas", Antonio Escohotado proposes a historical and documented journey through the evolution of drugs and their uses over time. From religious rites to the invasion of crack and designer drugs, the author analyzes the evolution of attitudes towards drugs, their use for religious, therapeutic or hedonistic purposes, and the reaction of the State to prohibition. This work offers an informed and non-topical perspective on the universe of drugs, illuminating the general history of humanity from a new perspective.
Antonio Escohotado Espinosa, commonly called Antonio Escohotado, was a Spanish philosopher, jurist, essayist and university professor. His life's work primarily focused on law, philosophy and sociology, yet extended to many other disciplines. Escohotado gained public renown for his research on drugs and for his well-known anti-prohibitionist positions. One of his best known works is The General History of Drugs. The leitmotif of his work is, in the same way, an affirmation of freedom as an antidote to fear or the constraints that push the human being towards all kinds of servitude. His thought fits into the framework of libertarian liberalism.
