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Normality, Abnormality, and Pathology in Merleau-Ponty (Suny Contemporary Continental Philosophy)
Susan Bredlau
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Talia Welsh
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State University of New York Press
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Normality, Abnormality, and Pathology in Merleau-Ponty (Suny Contemporary Continental Philosophy) - Bredlau, Susan ; Welsh, Talia
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Synopsis "Normality, Abnormality, and Pathology in Merleau-Ponty (Suny Contemporary Continental Philosophy)"
Maurice Merleau-Ponty's work draws our attention to how the body is always our way of having a world and never merely a thing in the world. Our conception of the body must take account of our cultures, our historically located sciences, and our interpersonal relations and cannot reduce the body to a biological given. Normality, Abnormality, and Pathology in Merleau-Ponty takes up Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of the body to explore the ideas of normality, abnormality, and pathology. Focusing on the lived experiences of various styles of embodiment, the book challenges our usual conceptions of normality and abnormality and shows how seemingly objective scientific research, such as the study of pathological symptoms, is inadequate to the phenomena it purports to comprehend. The book offers new insights into our understandings of health and illness, ability and disability, and the scientific and cultural practices that both enable and limit our capacity for diverse experiences.
