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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... things were integrated . It was because men were grouped , and thought of themselves in the form of groups , that in their ideas they grasped other things , and in the beginning the two modes of groupings were merged to the point of ...
... things were integrated . It was because men were grouped , and thought of themselves in the form of groups , that in their ideas they grasped other things , and in the beginning the two modes of groupings were merged to the point of ...
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... things by understanding them ( homo intelligendo fit om- nia ) , this imaginative metaphysics shows that man becomes all things by not understanding them ( homo non intelligendo fit omnia ) ; and perhaps the latter proposition is truer ...
... things by understanding them ( homo intelligendo fit om- nia ) , this imaginative metaphysics shows that man becomes all things by not understanding them ( homo non intelligendo fit omnia ) ; and perhaps the latter proposition is truer ...
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... thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination ; it shall not be eaten . Whatsoever goeth upon the belly , and whatsoever goeth upon all four , or whatsoever hath many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth ...
... thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination ; it shall not be eaten . Whatsoever goeth upon the belly , and whatsoever goeth upon all four , or whatsoever hath many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
INTRODUCTION Our Two Bodies | 15 |
CHAPTER THREE The Body Politic | 67 |
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