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Description for The Absent Body
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
The body plays a central role in shaping our experience of the world. Why, then, are we so frequently oblivious to our own bodies? We gaze at the world, but rarely see our own eyes. We may be unable to explain how we perform the simplest of acts. We are even less aware of our internal organs and the physiological processes that keep us alive. In this fascinating work, Drew Leder examines all the ways in which the body is absent-forgotten, alien, uncontrollable, obscured. In part 1, Leder explores a wide range of bodily functions with an eye to ... Read more
The body plays a central role in shaping our experience of the world. Why, then, are we so frequently oblivious to our own bodies? We gaze at the world, but rarely see our own eyes. We may be unable to explain how we perform the simplest of acts. We are even less aware of our internal organs and the physiological processes that keep us alive. In this fascinating work, Drew Leder examines all the ways in which the body is absent-forgotten, alien, uncontrollable, obscured. In part 1, Leder explores a wide range of bodily functions with an eye to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226470009
SKU
V9780226470009
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Ref
99-50
About Drew Leder
Drew Leder, both a Ph.D. and M.D., is assistant professor of philosophy at Loyola College in Maryland.
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