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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Drew LederPublisher: Northwestern University Press Imprint: Northwestern University Press ISBN: 9780810146389ISBN 10: 081014638 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 30 November 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsThe Healing Body displays Drew Leder at the height of his powers: both erudite and also attuned to the everyday, both expansive in scope and precise in practical insight. A powerful, necessary read for anyone interested in the relationship between embodiment and the good life. --Joel Michael Reynolds, author of The Life Worth Living: Disability, Pain, and Morality Drawing on traditional and nontraditional sources in philosophy and medicine, Drew Leder addresses structural injustices based on race, class, gender, and carceral status that so often impede the healing process. To mend the body, he maintains, we must also repair the sociopolitical worlds in which we dwell. --Gail Weiss, author of Body Images: Embodiment as Intercorporeality “The Healing Body displays Drew Leder at the height of his powers: both erudite and attuned to the everyday, both expansive in scope and precise in practical insight. A powerful, necessary read for anyone interested in the relationship between embodiment and the good life.” - Joel Michael Reynolds, author of The Life Worth Living: Disability, Pain, and Morality “Drawing on traditional and nontraditional sources in philosophy and medicine, Drew Leder addresses structural injustices based on race, class, gender, and carceral status that so often impede the healing process. To mend the body, he maintains, we must also repair the sociopolitical worlds in which we dwell.” - Gail Weiss, author of Body Images: Embodiment as Intercorporeality “The Healing Body displays Drew Leder at the height of his powers: both erudite and attuned to the everyday, both expansive in scope and precise in practical insight. A powerful, necessary read for anyone interested in the relationship between embodiment and the good life.” - Joel Michael Reynolds, author of The Life Worth Living: Disability, Pain, and Morality “Drawing on traditional and nontraditional sources in philosophy and medicine, Drew Leder addresses structural injustices based on race, class, gender, and carceral status that so often impede the healing process. To mend the body, he maintains, we must also repair the sociopolitical worlds in which we dwell.” - Gail Weiss, author of Body Images: Embodiment as Intercorporeality Author InformationDrew Leder, MD, is a professor of philosophy at Loyola University Maryland. His many books include The Absent Body and The Distressed Body: Rethinking Illness, Imprisonment, and Healing. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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