Five Bodies: The Human Shape of Modern SocietyRenowned social critic John O'Neill takes the human body as the focal point of his inquiry into the complex relation of individuals, nature and social institutions. The body once served as the foundation for thinking about politics, society, and the world, O'Neill asserts, but this human proportion has been lost in the modern world. Carefully delineating the course and the consequences of this loss in many realms of modern life, O'Neill demonstrates that we are dominated by concepts of life, family, thought, health and sanity that barely allow us to maintain a sense of our individuality and humanity. O'Neill proposes a renewed and radical anthropomorphism, one that will restore the overwhelming modern world to comprehensible dimensions. ISBN 0-8014-1727-9: $17.50. |
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Page 85
... therapeutic state . In such a state the political animal is more of an animal than a political creature since the therapeutic state increases civic pri- vacy at the expense of public life . What I have in mind here refers to more than ...
... therapeutic state . In such a state the political animal is more of an animal than a political creature since the therapeutic state increases civic pri- vacy at the expense of public life . What I have in mind here refers to more than ...
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... therapeutic state . Again a two - way strategy is involved . The family is held up as the center for the production of healthy , well - adjusted individuals and at the same time attacked for its abuse of authority , its carelessness and ...
... therapeutic state . Again a two - way strategy is involved . The family is held up as the center for the production of healthy , well - adjusted individuals and at the same time attacked for its abuse of authority , its carelessness and ...
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... therapeutic experiment of trying to civilize individuals who have no social commitments to anything but the myth of their own utility . Thus , as Philip Rieff observes : " There is a sense in which culture is always at one with the ...
... therapeutic experiment of trying to civilize individuals who have no social commitments to anything but the myth of their own utility . Thus , as Philip Rieff observes : " There is a sense in which culture is always at one with the ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
INTRODUCTION Our Two Bodies | 15 |
CHAPTER THREE The Body Politic | 67 |
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