Body Matters: A Phenomenology of Sickness, Disease, and Illness

Written in a jargon-free way, Body Matters provides a clear and accessible phenomenological critique of core assumptions in mainstream biomedicine and explores ways in which health and illness are experienced and interpreted differently in various socio-historical situations. By drawing on the disciplines of literature, cultural anthropology, sociology, medical history, and philosophy, the authors attempt to dismantle common presuppositions we have about human afflictions and examine how the methods of phenomenology open up new ways to interpret the body and to re-envision therapy.

Author: James Aho, Kevin Aho
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 04/16/2009
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780739126998
ISBN10: 0739126997
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Mind & Body
- Philosophy | Movements | Phenomenology
- Medical | Diseases

About the Author
James Aho is professor of sociology at Idaho State University. Kevin Aho is assistant professor of philosophy at Florida Gulf Coast University.