Stories
- Article
Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Book extract
The 200-year search for normal people
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
- Article
Air of threat
Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.
Catalogue
- Books
The dark side of the enlightenment : an exhibition on the occasion of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies / F. Thomas Noonan.
Noonan, F. Thomas.Date: 1984- Journals
The eighteenth century.
- Journals
Bulletin of the Society for Latin American Studies.
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Studies in eighteenth-century culture. Vol. 10 / edited by Harry C. Payne.
Date: [1981], ©1981- Journals
- Online
Eighteenth-century studies
Date: 1967-