Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction. Considering the Politics of Therapeutic Language 1
6. CHAPTER ONE. Identifying Icons and the Policies of Personhood 23
7. CHAPTER TWO. Taking Them In and Talking It Out 49
8. CHAPTER THREE. Clinographies of Addiction 85
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Addicted Indexes and Metalinguistic Fixes 121
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Therapeutic Scenes on an Administrative Stage 151
11. CHAPTER SIX. Flipping the Script 190
12. Conclusion 224
13. Notes 239
14. References 279
15. Index 317