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The AIDS Crisis and the Modern Self. Biographical Self-construction in the Awareness of Finitude.
Sebastian Rinken
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Description for The AIDS Crisis and the Modern Self. Biographical Self-construction in the Awareness of Finitude.
Paperback. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 461.
In industrialized countries, HIV/AIDS is now increasingly perceived as a chronic condition. Yet initially, before combination therapy became available, this pandemic was widely associated with premature or even imminent death. Receiving the diagnosis typically led to a dramatic biographical disruption.
This highly original book turns this basic feature of life with HIV into the vantage point for a fascinating analysis of Western subjectivity. Combining a host of empirical observations with the debate on the modern self, the author argues that the self-construction of people with HIV highlights the precarious ... Read more
In industrialized countries, HIV/AIDS is now increasingly perceived as a chronic condition. Yet initially, before combination therapy became available, this pandemic was widely associated with premature or even imminent death. Receiving the diagnosis typically led to a dramatic biographical disruption.
This highly original book turns this basic feature of life with HIV into the vantage point for a fascinating analysis of Western subjectivity. Combining a host of empirical observations with the debate on the modern self, the author argues that the self-construction of people with HIV highlights the precarious ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Series
International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048154845
SKU
V9789048154845
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