Name: The Healing Body: Creative Responses to Illness, Aging, and Affliction
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Author: Leder, Drew
ISBN: 9780810146372

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The Healing Body: Creative Responses to Illness, Aging, and Affliction

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Physical Book

Author

Drew Leder

Publisher

Northwestern University Press

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6 x 14.7 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780810146372

Synopsis "The Healing Body: Creative Responses to Illness, Aging, and Affliction"

A philosophically and medically informed response to the physical vulnerabilities of our existence As we grapple with the impacts of an aging population, the millions who struggle with chronic pain and illness, and the unknown number of COVID survivors dealing with long-term impairment, our individual and collective trust in our bodies is shaken. How to adapt? And how to live well, even when medical cure is unavailable? In The Healing Body: Creative Responses to Illness, Aging, and Affliction, philosopher and medical doctor Drew Leder shows how the phenomenology of lived embodiment makes available a variety of existential healing responses to bodily breakdown. Leder also turns to socially marginalized groups--people who have been incarcerated and those deemed "elderly"--to explore how individuals creatively cope with societal as well as physical challenges. This book forwards current phenomenological research on the body, pain and suffering, disability, and aging. It deeply engages with the legacies of continental philosophy while also drawing insights from the traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The Healing Body is a uniquely creative and refreshingly innovative contribution to contemporary philosophy, demonstrating the importance of the philosophical method to the wider culture.

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