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By the 1840s cannabis was beginning to be used in Western societies, particularly in France and America; as the century progressed, it enjoyed some popularity among physicians and psychiatrists. By the early twentieth century, philosophers such as Ernst Bloch and particularly Walter Benjamin were experimenting with the drug. This chapter is a discussion of the reception and use of hashish, primarily in the nineteenth century. As well as exploring its relationship with the Orient in the minds of users, it discusses its emergence as a technology of transcendence. Of particular significance in this respect was the work of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, particularly The Hasheesh Eater. However, other figures are discussed, including Jacques-Joseph Moreau de Tours, Alexandre Dumas, Théophile Gautier, and Charles Baudelaire.
Title: Hashishdom
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By the 1840s cannabis was beginning to be used in Western societies, particularly in France and America; as the century progressed, it enjoyed some popularity among physicians and psychiatrists.
By the early twentieth century, philosophers such as Ernst Bloch and particularly Walter Benjamin were experimenting with the drug.
This chapter is a discussion of the reception and use of hashish, primarily in the nineteenth century.
As well as exploring its relationship with the Orient in the minds of users, it discusses its emergence as a technology of transcendence.
Of particular significance in this respect was the work of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, particularly The Hasheesh Eater.
However, other figures are discussed, including Jacques-Joseph Moreau de Tours, Alexandre Dumas, Théophile Gautier, and Charles Baudelaire.