This book is about the relationship between social psychology and
the body. It starts from the assumption that questions to do with
the body are of paramount importance for an understanding of social
life. At first sight, this is a noncontentious statement to make,
and yet a moment's thought shows that social psychology has had
very little to say about this subject to date. Why should this be?
Is it because the boundaries of the discipline have been drawn very
tightly, focusing exclusively upon such things as attitudes and
groups? Is it, perhaps, because the body suggests a field of study
best left to biologists and physicians? Or is it because social
psychology is well advised to steer clear of problems that draw us
back from the social toward what are seen as the biological and the
prehistory of our discipline? These were some of the questions that
were in my mind when 1 decided to write this book. In addition, I
was influenced by the experience of researching in the area of
chronic illness. There is nothing quite like life threatening
disease to point up mortality and the issues that arise from having
to live with the constraints of one's body. Looking for theoretical
ideas to help with this work led me to read in the literature of
medical sociology."
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