The forty-eight essays and photographic dossiers in these three volumes examine the history of the human body as a field where life and thought intersect. They show how different cultures at different times have entwined physical capacities and mental mechanisms in order to construct a body adapted to moral ideas or social circumstances -- the body of a charismatic citizen or a visionary monk, a mirror image of the world or a reflection of the spirit. Each volume emphasizes a particular perspective. Part 1 explores the ...
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The forty-eight essays and photographic dossiers in these three volumes examine the history of the human body as a field where life and thought intersect. They show how different cultures at different times have entwined physical capacities and mental mechanisms in order to construct a body adapted to moral ideas or social circumstances -- the body of a charismatic citizen or a visionary monk, a mirror image of the world or a reflection of the spirit. Each volume emphasizes a particular perspective. Part 1 explores the human body's relationship to the divine, to the bestial, and to the machines that imitate or simulate it. Part 2 covers the junctures between the body's "outside" and "inside" by studying the manifestations -- or production -- of the soul and the expression of the emotions and, on another level, by examining the speculations inspired by cenesthesia, pain, and death. Part 3 brings into play the classical opposition between organ and function by showing how organs or bodily substances can be used to justify or challenge the way human societies function and, conversely, how political and social functions tend to make the bodies of the persons filling them the organs of a larger body -- the social body or the universe as a whole. Among the contributors to Fragments for a History of the Human Body are Mark Elvin, Catherine Gallagher, Fran???oise H???ritier-Aug???, Julia Kristeva, William R. LaFleur, Thomas W. Laqueur, Jacques Le Goff, Nicole Loraux, Mario Perniola, Hillel Schwartz, Jean Starobinski, Jean-Pierre Vernant, and Caroline Walker Bynum.
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Very Good. Size: 7x1x9; 2nd printing April 1990. Softbound book with light clear splashmarks to top edge of text block, and medium shelf soil to bottom edge. Book remains sharp cornered, wraps bright, spine uncreased, pages very clean and crisp.
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576 pp., Paperback, very good. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Very GOOD in NONE jacket. Size: 7x1x9; Pages are clean, unmarked with a tight spine. Ends of spine are bumped. No creases but front cover has three deep scuffs. We also have in our inventory Zone 3-Part One and Part Two.
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. good condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 576 p. Fragments for a History of the Human Body, III. Audience: General/trade.
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Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1250grams, ISBN: 0942299280.
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Near Fine. Essays A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 578 pages. "Part 3 brings into play the classical opposition between organ and function by showing how organs or bodily substances can be used to justify or challenge the way human societies function and, conversely, how political and social functions tend to make the bodies of the persons filling them the organs of a larger body, the social body or the universe as a whole." [publisher]
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Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Book French flaps format; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs and with reproductions of the human body in works of art; from the library of poet and scholar Robin Blaser with his signature on front end paper.
