Recovering the body : a philosophical story /

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A philosophical history of the body and a work of recovery, bringing to light many aspects of this history that have been lost or forgotten in the West after the Scientific Revolution.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Collier, Carol, 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, [2013], ©2013
Subjects:
Human body (Philosophy) > History.
Corps humain (Philosophie) > Histoire.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Human body (Philosophy)
HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. The road to mechanism : ancient Greece to the scientific revolution. Body and soul at war : Plato
  • Body and nature : Aristotle and the Stoics
  • The resurrection of the body : Christianity
  • From astrology to the cult of dissection : the Renaissance
  • The body-machine : Descartes
  • The road not followed : Spinoza
  • pt. II. The limits of mechanism : contemporary problems and solutions. The legacy of mechanism : the fragmenting and disappearing body
  • Recovering the body : yoga
  • Recovering the body : alternative medicine.

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