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Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Darian Meacham (Ed.)
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Description for Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
Hardback. Editor(s): Meacham, Darian. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 323 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 193 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
This volume addresses some of the most prominent questions in contemporary bioethics and philosophy of medicine: `liberal' eugenics, enhancement, the normal and the pathological, the classification of mental illness, the relation between genetics, disease and the political sphere, the experience of illness and disability, and the sense of the subject of bioethical inquiry itself. All of these issues are addressed from a continental perspective, drawing on a rich tradition of inquiry into these questions in the fields of phenomenology, philosophical hermeneutics, French epistemology, critical theory and post-structuralism. At the same time, the contributions engage with the Anglo-American debate, ... Read more
This volume addresses some of the most prominent questions in contemporary bioethics and philosophy of medicine: `liberal' eugenics, enhancement, the normal and the pathological, the classification of mental illness, the relation between genetics, disease and the political sphere, the experience of illness and disability, and the sense of the subject of bioethical inquiry itself. All of these issues are addressed from a continental perspective, drawing on a rich tradition of inquiry into these questions in the fields of phenomenology, philosophical hermeneutics, French epistemology, critical theory and post-structuralism. At the same time, the contributions engage with the Anglo-American debate, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Condition
New
Weight
635g
Number of Pages
323
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401798693
SKU
V9789401798693
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