Phenomenology of the Broken Body

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Synopsis

Some fundamental aspects of the lived body only become evident when it breaks down through illness, weakness or pain. From a phenomenological point of view, various breakdowns are worth analyzing for their own sake, and discussing them also opens up overlooked dimensions of our bodily constitution. This book brings together different approaches that shed light on the phenomenology of the lived body—its normality and abnormality, health and sickness, its activity as well as its passivity. The contributors integrate phenomenological insights with discussions about bodily brokenness in philosophy, theology, medical science and literary theory. Phenomenology of the Broken Body demonstrates how the broken body sheds fresh light on the nuances of embodied experience in ordinary life and ultimately questions phenomenology’s preunderstanding of the body.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Research in Phenomenology
Author:
Espen Dahl, Cassandra Falke, Thor Eirik Eriksen
ISBN:
9780429869945
Related ISBNs:
9780429462542, 9781138616004, 9781138616004
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-03-22
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2019
Copyright by:
Routledge 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Philosophy