Phenomenology of the Broken Body

Cassandra Falke editor Espen Dahl editor Thor Eirik Eriksen editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:28th Jan '19

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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.

ISBN: 9781138616004

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 485g

250 pages