The Beer Professor: Drunk
“Slingerland’s book is a lively read. It is well written and follows a logical flow. Anyone interested in the history of alcohol and its role in societies, ranging from ancient to modern, will find it a worthwhile purchase.”
Neil Reid, “Drunk,” The Beer Professor, January 28, 2024
BBC Brasil
“O filósofo defende uma abordagem deste assunto livre de preconceitos e que as pessoas tenham conhecimentos dos perigos e benefícios para tomarem suas decisões de forma informada e consciente.”
Buarque, Daniel. “Bebida alcoólica ajudou a civilizar a humanidade, diz filósofo americano.” BBC Brasil, February 12, 2022
World of Fine Wine
“It is precisely because altered states can be accorded the dignity of a wellnigh indispensable status in human experience that philosophizing about them is not the barfly’s prattle that it might seem.”
Walton, Stuart. “A superb panoramic study of intoxication and its importance,” World of Fine Wine 74: 52-54 (December 2021)
Sydney Morning Herald: “Slingerland’s compelling arguments – anthropological, archaeological, literary and statistical – make Drunk as seductive as a pina colada on a beach in Tahiti.”
“Slingerland argues (while referencing the work of many others, including mind-manipulation advocates William James and Aldous Huxley), that the human brain, while an instrument of colossal complexity and capability, is inherently driven to alter its perception of itself.”
Pat Sheil, “How having a drink helped us toward art, society and civilisation,” Sydney Morning Herald, October 29, 2021.
Inside Hook: A new book dissects the entertainingly evolutionary roots of intoxication
“So for better or worse, chemical intoxicants can help you regain a child’s mind, creativity and flexibility.”
Kirk Miller, “How Civilization Was Built on Getting ‘Drunk’,” Inside Hook, May 28, 2021
Wall Street Journal: a thoughtful and spirited defense of intoxication
“You might suspect that Mr. Slingerland, an expert in Chinese philosophy with eclectic academic interests, is seeing his subject through beer goggles. But his approach is stone-cold sober, “defending the power of Dionysus . . . in a way that bows to Apollo,” as he puts it.”
Julian Baggini, “‘Drunk’ Review: Two Cheers for Happy Hour,” Wall Street Journal, May 20, 2021.
Discover Magazine: illuminating and Intoxicating
“Within the first few lines, Drunk will have you snorting beer out of your nose”
“More pages to turn,” Discover June 2021
Library Journal: An illuminating yet conversational study
“Slingerland’s informal, conversational style weaves modern scientific studies with ancient mythology.”
Meyer, Jeffrey, Review of Drunk, Library Journal (starred review).
Reader’s Digest: Creating Space for Spontaneity
“Learn how to stop overscheduling your life, embrace surprise and have some fun.”
Rumack, Leah. “How Little Acts of Spontaneity Can Make Your Day,” Reader’s Digest Canada, April 29, 2021.
LSE announces large DRH Grant
“This is a true humanities-science collaboration. The tool is a useful resource for humanities scholars - a qualitative and quantitative database of history. But for social scientists, it’s now one of (if not the) largest quantitative databases of history.”
London School of Economics press release, “The Database of Religious History receives grant from John Templeton Foundation”