Illness As a Work of Thought : A Foucauldian Perspective on Psychosomatics.

By: Greco, MonicaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: International Library of Sociology SerPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 1998Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (198 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203004579Subject(s): Foucault, Michel | Medicine, PsychosomaticGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Illness As a Work of Thought : A Foucauldian Perspective on PsychosomaticsDDC classification: 616.08 LOC classification: RC49 -- .G635 1998ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Summary: Illness as a Work of Thought is a practical application of Foucault's archaeological and genealogical methods of the study of illness and modernity. From medicine and psychiatry to psychology and the social sciences, Monica Greco explores what the history of these different disciplines contributes to what we understand by the term 'psychosomatics' and analyses how the study of psychosomatic illness can transform the way we think of illness, subjectivity and the ethics and politics of health.
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Illness as a Work of Thought is a practical application of Foucault's archaeological and genealogical methods of the study of illness and modernity. From medicine and psychiatry to psychology and the social sciences, Monica Greco explores what the history of these different disciplines contributes to what we understand by the term 'psychosomatics' and analyses how the study of psychosomatic illness can transform the way we think of illness, subjectivity and the ethics and politics of health.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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