The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry

The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World

Elaine Scarry

385 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, The Body in Pain is a profoundly original study that has already stirred excitement in a wide range of intellectual circles. The book is an analysis of physical suffering and its relation to t...

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