The Dostoevsky Effect: Problem Gambling and the Origins of Addiction
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Canada
- Date of Publication 14 March 2013
- ISBN 9780195449129
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages348 pages
- Size 230x156x30 mm
- Weight 588 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 b/w line drawings 0
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Short description:
A decade of Dostoevsky's adult life was consumed by gambling, yet the reason behind his startling dependency has remained largely unknown. In comparing Dostoevsky's life with the experience of modern-day gamblers, documented through in-depth interviews and written biographical accounts, a team of leading sociologists have uncovered the Dostoevsky Effect. This model proposes that social factors-especially childhood trauma and a poor ability to deal with adult
stress-are often the cause of gambling addiction rather than, as some have argued, an inherited predisposition to wager.
Long description:
When writing his novella The Gambler in 1866, Fyodor Dostoevsky remained true to the old adage "write what you know." Critically acclaimed for its insight into the mind of a gambling addict, the book offers a fascinating glimpse into Dostoevsky's personal struggle with gambling. The manuscript, in fact, was written to pay off a debt he owed to his publisher.
A decade of Dostoevsky's adult life was consumed by gambling, yet the reason behind his startling dependency has remained largely unknown. In comparing Dostoevsky's life with the experience of modern-day gamblers, documented through in-depth interviews and written biographical accounts, a team of leading sociologists have uncovered the Dostoevsky Effect. This model proposes that social factors-especially childhood trauma and a poor ability to deal with adult stress-are often the cause of
gambling addiction rather than, as some have argued, an inherited predisposition to wager.
The Dostoevsky Effect offers new insight into Dostoevsky's life and work, and using contemporary field research draws surprising connections to today's gamblers, blurring the often elusive line between fact and fiction.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Part I. Gambling in the Life of Dostoevsky
1. An Introduction to Dostoevsky's Life
2. Historical Context: Gambling in Nineteenth-Century Russia
3. What Do Dostoevsky's Novels Reflect?
4. Traditional Explanations of Dostoevsky's Gambling
Part II. The Dostoevsky Process Today
5. Childhood Stress
6. Adulthood Stress
7. Maladaptive Coping
8. How Gambling Makes Life Worse
Part III. Non-Dostoevskian Processes
9. Opportunity and Acceptability
10. Learning at Home and in the Community
11. How Do Non-Problem Gambling Families Compare?
Part IV. Conclusions and Implications
12. The Gambler, Then and Now
13. Lessons from and for Dostoevsky
14. Implications for Children and Social Policy
Appendix 1: A Theoretical Framework
Appendix 2: How We Did This Study
Notes
References
Index
