The ‘most depressing lesson’ of suffering, Slavoj Žižek writes, is that ‘there is nothing to be learned from it’. Is Žižek’s bleak view convincing, or is there evidence to suggest that suffering can …
Last will and predicament?
By Bob Simpson Bob Simpson, CMH Affiliate, is a professor of anthropology at Durham University, UK. His research interests centre on the anthropology of biomedicine, bioethics and biotechnology. He …
A Sense of Anatomy (Dance Theatre, November 29-30 2013, Gulbenkian Centre, University of Hull)
A Sense of Anatomy November 29-30 2013 Gulbenkian Centre, University of Hull This piece of dance-theatre explores what it means to possess, move and be a body. The work results from a collaboration …
When People Come First: Critical Studies in Global Health – reviewed by Dr Andra le Roux-Kemp
‘When People Come First: Critical Studies in Global Health’ João Biehl & Adriana Petryna (Eds.) (Princeton University Press, 2013). Global health is concerned with health in a globalised world, …
The Body and Shame: Luna Dolezal (Book Launch, Trinity College Dublin, 25 May 2015)
The Body and Shame: Phenomenology, Feminism and the Socially Shaped Body Luna Dolezal Book Launch, Monday 25 May 2015, 6pm Ideas Space, 3rd Floor, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin RSVP …
Call for Review: ‘Valuing Deaf Worlds in Urban India’ by Michele Friedner.
We are delighted to offer Valuing Deaf Worlds in Urban India by Michelle Friedner, (Rutgers, 2016) for review. Expressions of interest are welcome from across the medical humanities, but this book may …
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