{"product_id":"body-matters-a-phenomenology-of-sickness-disease-and-illness-paperback","title":"Body Matters: A Phenomenology of Sickness, Disease, and Illness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Aho\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin Aho\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the core principle of phenomenology as a return \"to the things themselves,\" \u003ci\u003eBody Matters\u003c\/i\u003e attends to the phenomena of bodily afflictions and examines them from three different standpoints: from society in general that interprets them as \"sicknesses,\" from the medical professions that interpret them as \"diseases,\" and from the patients themselves who interpret them as \"illnesses.\" By drawing on a crucial distinction in German phenomenology between two senses of the body-the quantifiable, material body (\u003ci\u003eKörper\u003c\/i\u003e) and the lived-body(\u003ci\u003eLeib\u003c\/i\u003e)-the authors explore the ways in which sickness, disease, and illness are socially and historically experienced and constructed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make their case, they draw on examples from a multiplicity of disciplines and cultures as well as a number of cases from Euro-American history. The intent is to unsettle taken-for-granted assumptions that readers may have about body troubles. These are assumptions widely held as well by medical and allied health professionals, in addition to many sociologists and philosophers of health and illness. To this end, \u003ci\u003eBody Matters\u003c\/i\u003e does not simply deconstruct prejudices of mainstream biomedicine; it also constructively envisions more humane and artful forms of therapy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Aho\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology at Idaho State University. \u003cb\u003eKevin Aho\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of philosophy at Florida Gulf Coast University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53054628233440,"sku":"9780739126998","price":116.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/GJKhJnsRel9780739126998.webp?v=1781299524","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/body-matters-a-phenomenology-of-sickness-disease-and-illness-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}