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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155522103321

Autore

Collier Carol <1943->

Titolo

Recovering the body : a philosophical story / / Carol Collier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : University of Ottawa Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-7766-2080-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

128/.6

Soggetti

Human body (Philosophy) - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I : The Road to Mechanism: Ancient Greece to the  Scientific Revolution; 1 -  Body and Soul at War: Plato; 2 - Body and Nature: Aristotle and the Stoics; 3 - The Resurrection of the Body: Christianity; 4 - From Astrology to the Cult of Dissection: The Renaissance; 5 - The Body-Machine: Descartes; 6 - The Road Not Followed: Spinoza; Part II : The Limits of Mechanism: Contemporary Problems  and Solutions; 7 - The Legacy of Mechanism: The Fragmenting and  Disappearing Body

8 - Recovering the Body: Yoga9 - Recovering the Body: Alternative Medicine; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.