[B]oth those who are aware of what is happening around these issues and those who have not reflected on recent developments around markets, bodies and properties would do well to read Phillips' timely, intelligent overview of the challenges of early 21st-century global body politics... [A] rich feast of considered reflections on some of the most pressing issues of our times. ... Read more
Maureen McNeil, Times Higher Education Ultimately, although she may not have intended it to be overtly so, Phillips' book reads as a beautiful piece of Marxist work, and it is in this way specifically that her work is incredibly valuable in the face of the increasing commodification and marketization of practically every aspect of our existence... Her book is ... valuable not just from a feminist perspective concerned with women's equality in the face of corporeal exploitation, but to those interested in issues of political, economic, and social justice as well.
Linda Roland Danil, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books Phillips examines the public policy ramifications of using property rights language about the body and its parts... This is a valuable and balanced survey of the various positions on issues that evolving social views and medical technology are making important, if not vital.
Choice There is much to admire in this book... The way in which she presses relevant empirical evidence into the service of her normative commitments is impressive. Her thoughtful discussion of the infinitely complex and emotionally laden ways in which we relate to our bodies, and of the impact which our decisions regarding our bodies have on others, challenges both those who subscribe to the view that the individual alone should decide what to do with their body, and how to do it, and those who favor the side of controlling bodies
particularly, it has to be said, women's bodies
for society's ends.
Cecile Fabre, Times Literary Supplement This is a skilful and thoughtful engagement with a 'real' ethical/policy issue and from which the author is not too shy to draw 'real' policy conclusions.
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