Pill
by Robert Bennett
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Pub Date 21 Mar 2019 | Archive Date 21 Mar 2019
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Description
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
"You are what you eat.” Never is this truer than when we take medications—from beta blockers and aspirin to Viagra and epidurals—especially psychotropic pills that transform our minds as well as our bodies.
Meditating on how modern medicine increasingly measures out human identity not in T. S. Eliot’s proverbial coffee spoons but in 1mg-, 5mg-, or 300mg-doses, Pill traces the uncanny presence of psychiatric pills through science, medicine, autobiography, television, cinema, literature, and popular music. Ultimately, it argues that modern psychopharmacology reveals a brave new world in which human identities—thoughts, emotions, personalities, and selves themselves—are increasingly determined by the extraordinary powers of seemingly ordinary pills.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781501341946 |
| PRICE | US$14.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Jamie Lynn B, Reviewer
I chose this book because I'm unfortunate enough to take two dozen pills a day. This was informative and engaging. I appreciate the different approach to the thought process around the pill. It's definitely a subject that should be addressed much more than it actually is. Necessary medication is one side. It's the unnecessary medication that ruins the entire purpose. Even if you don't read nonfiction, try this one. It's an important read that brings a thought provoking variation to an everyday object. I highly recommend. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.
Maryline D, Reviewer
Thank you NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic for allowing me to read "Pill" by Robert Bennett. This is my honest review.
5 stars.
I wasn't sure what to expect. I loved it! Not at all what I thought! BETTER!
Very interesting and easy to read. I'm not in the medical field and could understand it, and English is my second language. It is for everyone. Very informative. Well done!
I especially loved the mention of tv shows and movies explaining how characters were taking this or that, the effect it had... You've at least seen a tv show (ER, Scrubs, Homeland...) or movie (The Matrix, Limitless...) they're talking about to explain effects of certain pills. I really loved how they explain pills using tv shows and movies, it is things we love, watch, and now can understand better!
This is the first book I read in this series and I will probably read more!
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