Expanding Mindscapes
The MIT Press eBooks June 29, 2023 Dyck, Erika 1975-, Elcock, Chris 4 citations
A collection of essays explores the global history of psychedelics beyond North America, covering their discovery, use, and cultural impact in the twentieth century. Topics include LSD psychotherapy in communist Czechoslovakia, early LSD-25 applications in South America, and ayahuasca's intersection with modernism in China. The authors examine how colonial empires and U.S. influence shaped local reception of psychedelics in botanical and pharmaceutical contexts, and address underexplored themes such as gender, agriculture, parapsychology, anarchism, and technological innovations.