Our Strange Body: Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Medical Interventions

Jenny Slatman

doi:10.1017/9789048523146

Our Strange Body

Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Medical Interventions

The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental and fascinating questions about our sense of individual identity and its relationship to the physical body. Drawing on and engaging with philosophers from across the centuries, Jenny Slatman here develops a novel argument: that our own body always entails a strange dimension, a strangeness that enables us to incorporate radical physical changes.

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Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Medical Interventions

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Dedication
pp 5-6

Contents
pp 7-8

Preface & Acknowledgments
pp 9-12

Introduction
pp 13-22

1 - Heavy, Inanimate, and Nauseating Bodies
pp 23-52

2 - Body Boundaries
pp 53-84

3 - Mirror, Please Tell Me Who I Am
pp 85-114

4 - I Exist on the Outside
pp 115-142

5 - My Strange I
pp 143-164

Epilogue
pp 165-168

Works Cited
pp 169-176

Index of Names
pp 177-178

Index of Subjects
pp 179-180

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