Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture compiled by Amnesty International, legal transcripts of personal injury trials, and military and strategic writings by such figures as Clausewitz, Churchill, Liddell Hart, and Henry Kissinger. Scarry begins with the fact of pain's inexpressibility. Not only is physical pain difficult to describe in words, it also actively destroys language, reducing sufferers in the most extreme cases to an inarticulate state of cries and moans. Scarry goes on to analyse the political ramifications of deliberately inflicted pain, specifically in the cases of warfare and torture, and she demonstrates how political regimes use the power of physical pain to attack and break down the sufferer's sense of self. Finally she turns to examples of artistic and cultural activity; actions achieved in the face of pain and difficulty.
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Zustand: Aceptable. : El libro 'The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World' de Elaine Scarry es una exploración profunda del sufrimiento físico y su relación con el lenguaje y la cultura. Scarry analiza cómo el dolor físico es difícil de expresar con palabras y cómo puede destruir el lenguaje. Examina las ramificaciones políticas del dolor infligido deliberadamente, como en la tortura y la guerra, y cómo los regímenes políticos utilizan el dolor para atacar y romper el sentido de sí mismo del individuo. Finalmente, explora ejemplos de actividad artística y cultural que se logran frente al dolor y la dificultad. EAN: 9780195049961 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Filosofía|Literatura y Ficción Título: The Body in Pain Autor: Elaine Scarry Editorial: Oxford University Press, U.S.A. Idioma: en Páginas: 400 Formato: tapa blanda. Artikel-Nr. Happ-2026-06-24-f97265a4
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