A Body Worth Defending. Opening Up a Few Concepts: Introductory Ruminations

Journal Title: AVANT. Pismo awangardy filozoficzno-naukowej - Year 2012, Vol 0, Issue 1

Abstract

The following text is an introduction to Ed Cohen’s book A Body Worth Defending: Immunity, Biopolitics and the Apotheosis of the Modern Body. Author investigates the way in which immunology influences the perception of both the human body, and political entities, demonstrating that contemporary conceptualizations of these phenomena exist in a double bind. The historical framework Cohen applies allows for tracing the history of the metaphor of immunity in politics and medicine.

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Ed Cohen

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Ed Cohen (2012). A Body Worth Defending. Opening Up a Few Concepts: Introductory Ruminations. AVANT. Pismo awangardy filozoficzno-naukowej, 0(1), 65-96. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-161277