Alastair Minnis

Phantom Pains and Prosthetic Narratives

From George Dedlow to Dante

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Combines medieval studies and contemporary neuroscience to explore the fascinating and surprising concept of 'phantom limb pain'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 75
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 149mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 130g
• ISBN-13: 9781108970556
• ISBN-10: 1108970559
• Artikelnr.: 60798252

Inhaltsangabe

1. Pain in the brain
2. In search of phantoms
3. False phantoms
4. The case of George Dedlow: phantom limbs and resistance to prosthetic narrative
5. Phantom pain and 'bodies in the brain'
6. Augustine's 'body in the soul' and the continuity of pain
7. Augustine's 'body in the soul' defended and derided
8. Reluctant prostheses: the aerial embodiments of angels
9. Eager prostheses: the aerial embodiments of separated souls
10. Solving the pain problem: it's all in the soul
11. Science and immortality.