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We tend to believe we have agency over our bodies, our minds and even our deaths. Yet emerging science challenges our assumptions of mastery: at the microscopic level, the cells in our bodies facilitate tumours and attack other cells, with life-threatening consequences. In this revelatory book, Barbara Ehrenreich argues that our bodies are a battleground over which we have little control, and lays bare the cultural charades that shield us from this knowledge. Challenging everything we think we know about life and death, she also offers hope - that we find our place in a natural world teeming with animation and endless possibility.
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- EditoreGranta Books
- Data di pubblicazione2018
- ISBN 10 1783784911
- ISBN 13 9781783784912
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine256
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Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control
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Granta Books, London
(2018)
ISBN 10: 1783784911
ISBN 13: 9781783784912
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Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is clearly unread and has no faults. 'This book is joyous. It is neither anti-medicine nor anti-prevention; it is pro-balance, pro-scepticism and pro-perspective. Natural Causes is about hope [and] as with so many of Ehrenreich's books, Natural Causes is a much-needed tonic' - The Guardian A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, Natural Causes describes how we over-prepare and worry way too much about what is inevitable. One by one, Ehrenreich topples the shibboleths that guide our attempts to live a long, healthy life - from the importance of preventive medical screenings to the concepts of wellness and mindfulness, from dietary fads to fitness culture. But Natural Causes goes deeper -- into the fundamental unreliability of our bodies and even our 'mind-bodies', to use the fashionable term. Starting with the mysterious and seldom-acknowledged tendency of our own immune cells to promote deadly cancers, Ehrenreich looks into the cellular basis of aging, and shows how little control we actually have over it. We tend to believe we have agency over our bodies, our minds, and even over the manner of our deaths. But the latest science shows that the microscopic sub-units of our bodies make their own 'decisions', and not always in our favour. We may buy expensive anti-aging products or cosmetic surgery, get preventive screenings and eat more kale, or throw ourselves into meditation and spirituality. But all these things offer only the illusion of control. How to live well, even joyously, while accepting our mortality - that is the vitally important philosophical challenge of this book. Drawing on varied sources, from personal experience and sociological trends to pop culture and current scientific literature, Natural Causes examines the ways in which we obsess over death, our bodies, and our health. Both funny and caustic, Ehrenreich then tackles the seemingly unsolvable problem of how we might better prepare ourselves for the end - while still revelling in the lives that remain to us. Codice articolo 037377
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Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control Ehrenreich, Barbara
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Granta Books
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ISBN 10: 1783784911
ISBN 13: 9781783784912
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Good. Book is in good condition. All pages are intact and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear to the edges of the dust jacket. Price sticker on the cover. Codice articolo G0168133
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