Jellinek revalued

Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2016. Purpose Since the Jellinekian foundation of modern alcohol studies 75 years ago, no one has yet systematically studied the role of his ethnographic studies, his university attendance and engagement in psychoanalytic work leading to the birth of his first book (published in 1917), which applied an ethnographic approach. The aim of this paper is to uncover and show the ethnographic, experimental psychological and psychoanalytic roots in Jellinek ’s different models of alcohol problems, from the conventional medical one, though the AA-inspired concept, to the species of alcoholism theory. Design/methodology/approach Using the data from their research in the archives of Budapest, Berlin, Leipzig, and Grenoble, the authors examine Jelline k’s scientific output in alcohol studies. They focus on data related to Jellinek’s activity in statistics, ethnography including field work and the business model of psychoanalysis. Findings Drawing from various traditions of science, Jellinek acquired considerable sources of knowledge with the help of his friends and teachers during his formative years, which later led him to renew and transform his models of alcohol problems. New data on Jellinek’s personal history, a by-product of our archival research, is also presented. Practical implications The Jellinekian heritage, incl uding his cross-fertilisation approach, represents a vast reserve for addiction science. Origina...

Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - October 19, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research