Corporeality, Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture

"This book examines the confusions and contradictions that manifest in prevalent attitudes towards the body, as well as in related bodily practices. The body is simultaneously our reference for the certainties of nature and the locus of a desire for transformation and reinvention. The body is at the same time worshipped and despised; an object of desire and of design. Francisco Ortega analyses how the body has become both a screen for the projection of our ideas and imaginings about ourselves and conversely an object of suspicion, anxiety, and discomfort. Addressing practices of corporeal ascesis (such as bodybuilding and dietetics), medical technologies, and radical anatomical modifications, Ortega documents the ambiguous legacy of a western theoreticaltradition that has always despised the body. Utilising a theoretical framework that is mainly informed by the phenomenology of the body, feminist theory, disability studies and the thought of Michel Foucault, Corporeality, Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture address several ethical and psychological issues associated with the experience and perception of the body in our cultural landscape. Drawing on these diverse areas of philosophical and analytical work, this book will interest those researching Law, Medicine, and Sociology"--

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Francisco Ortega, Ortega Francisco
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.11.2013
• EAN: 9780415593229
• ISBN: 978-0-415-59322-9
• Pagine: 16
• Serie: Birkbeck Law Press
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical, LAW / Health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Technology: general issues, Humanities, environmental science, engineering & technology, Jurisprudence & general issues, Social Law, Biomedical engineering, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Medicolegal issues, Jurisprudence and general issues, Social law and Medical law