Jakob Tanner is one of the pioneers of body and drug history in German-speaking historiography. For decades he has been one of the most important protagonists of an analytical framework that combines social history with the history of knowledge and historical-anthropological approaches. In this interview, Tanner reflects upon the topic of this issue of Body Politics and explains how the concept...
This article studies psychedelic drug consumption in the Federal Republic of Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Using ideas from the History of Emotions and Practice Theory, it offers a fresh look into the making of drug experiences. Doing drugs is analysed as a technology of the self that sought to marshal some feelings while avoiding others. Preparations were as much part of these...