A Review of….”Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced and Stumbled our Way to Civilization”

Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced and Stumbled our Way to Civilization, by University of British Columbia professor of philosophy, Edward Slingerland is a history demonstrating the positive contribution of alcoholic beverage to the growth of civilization. I could imagine this subject and the treatment in this book having a broader appeal than most non-fiction.

The book reflects a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde dichotomy almost throughout with crescendoes on both sides at different points. This schizophrenic…