Fragments for a History of the Human Body: Fragments for a History of the Human Body Vol 3 (Zone 3)

Ramona Naddaff

ISBN 10: 094229923X / ISBN 13: 9780942299236

Editore: Zone Books, 1989

Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Codice articolo M0094229923X-G

Riassunto:

The 48 essays and photographic dossiers in these three volumes examine the history of the human body as a field where life and thought intersect. They show how different cultures at different times have entwined physical capacities and mental mechanisms in order to construct a body adapted to moral ideas or social circumstances the body of a charismatic citizen or a visionary monk a mirror image of the world or a reflection of the spirit. Each volume emphasizes a particular perspective. Part 1 explores the human body's relationship to the divine, to the bestial, and to the machines that imitate or simulate it. Part 2 covers the junctures between the body's "outside" and "inside" by studying the manifestations - or production - of the soul and the expression of the emotions and, on another level, by examining the speculations inspired by cenesthesia, pain, and death. Part 3 brings into play the classical opposition between organ and function by showing how organs or bodily substances can be used to justify or challenge the way human societies function and, conversely, how political and social functions tend to make the bodies of the persons filling them the organs of a larger body - the social body or the universe as a whole.ContributorsMark Elvin, Catherine Gallagher, Françoise Héritier Augé, Julia Kristeva, William R. LaFleur, Thomas W. Laqueur Jacques Le Goff, Nicole Loraux, Mario Perniola, Hillel Schwartz, Jean Starobinski, Jean Pierre Vernant, and Caroline Walker Bynum

Product Description: Brossura Editoriale, 480 Pagine, Copertina Policroma, Illustrazioni In Nero E A Colori Nel Testo, Alcune Sottolineature Sparse A Matita E Una Con Penna Rossa, Testo In Lingua Inglese, English-Text. Buono Stato.Spedizione Entro 24 Ore Dalla Conferma Dell'Ordine.

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Titolo: Fragments for a History of the Human Body: ...
Casa editrice: Zone Books
Data di pubblicazione: 1989
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: good
Edizione: seconda edizione