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Phenomenology of Illness (Hardcover)
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Phenomenology of Illness (Hardcover)
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The experience of illness is a universal and substantial part of
human existence. Like death, illness raises important philosophical
issues. But unlike death, illness, and in particular the experience
of being ill, has received little philosophical attention. This may
be because illness is often understood as a physiological process
that falls within the domain of medical science, and is thus
outside the purview of philosophy. In Phenomenology of Illness Havi
Carel argues that the experience of illness has been wrongly
neglected by philosophers and proposes to fill the lacuna.
Phenomenology of Illness provides a distinctively philosophical
account of illness. Using phenomenology, the philosophical method
for first-person investigation, Carel explores how illness modifies
the ill person's body, values, and world. The aim of Phenomenology
of Illness is twofold: to contribute to the understanding of
illness through the use of philosophy and to demonstrate the
importance of illness for philosophy. Contra the philosophical
tendency to resist thinking about illness, Carel proposes that
illness is a philosophical tool. Through its pathologising effect,
illness distances the ill person from taken for granted routines
and habits and reveals aspects of human existence that normally go
unnoticed. Phenomenology of Illness develops a phenomenological
framework for illness and a systematic understanding of illness as
a philosophical tool.
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