Pain A Cultural History
Halfway between history and philosophy, this book deals with the historical forms that have permitted the understanding of human suffering from the Renaissance to the present. Representation, sympathy, imitation, coherence and narrativity are but a few of the rhetorical recourses that men and women...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2012, 2012
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Halfway between history and philosophy, this book deals with the historical forms that have permitted the understanding of human suffering from the Renaissance to the present. Representation, sympathy, imitation, coherence and narrativity are but a few of the rhetorical recourses that men and women have employed in order to feel our pain |
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| Physical Description: | XIII, 301 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781137284235 |