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Body Matters: A Phenomenology of Sickness, Disease, and Illness by Kevin Aho, James Aho (Hardcover, 2008)

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Following the core principle of phenomenology as a return to the things themselves, Body Matters attends to the phenomena of bodily afflictions and examines them from three different standpoints: from society in general that interprets them as sicknesses, from the medical professions that interpret them as diseases, and from the patients themselves who interpret them as illnesses. By drawing on a crucial distinction in German phenomenology between two senses of the body-the quantifiable, material body (Koerper) and the lived-body(Leib)-the authors explore the ways in which sickness, disease, and illness are socially and historically experienced and constructed. To make their case, they draw on examples from a multiplicity of disciplines and cultures as well as a number of cases from Euro-American history. The intent is to unsettle taken-for-granted assumptions that readers may have about body troubles. These are assumptions widely held as well by medical and allied health professionals, in addition to many sociologists and philosophers of health and illness. To this end, Body Matters does not simply deconstruct prejudices of mainstream biomedicine; it also constructively envisions more humane and artful forms of therapy.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Lexington Books
ISBN-13
9780739126981
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95767050

Product Key Features

Book Title
Body Matters: a Phenomenology of Sickness, Disease, and Illness
Author
Kevin Aho, James Aho
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Medicine, Sociology, Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
206 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
237mm
Item Width
161mm
Item Weight
440g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Kevin Aho, James Aho
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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