The Expression of the Psychosomatic Body from a Phenomenological Perspective

This book is a contribution to the understanding of psychosomatic health problems. Inspired by the work of the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a phenomenological theory of psychosomatics is worked out as an alternative to traditional, biomedical thinking. The patient who presents somat...

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Main Author: Bullington, Jennifer. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
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505 0 # |a Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Psychosomatic Problematic -- Chapter 2. The Lived Body -- Chapter 3. The Meaning of Meaning -- Chapter 4.�The Lived Body (Phenomenology�of Perception) and the Flesh (The Visible�and the Invisible).-�Chapter 5.�The Phenomenological Psychosomatic Theory -- Chapter 6. Health and Illness and Holistic Health -- Chapter 7. Conclusions. 
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