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Page 70
... body . To take a drug , no matter which and for what reason — is a last chance to assert control over himself , to interfere on his own with his body rather than let others interfere . The pharmaceutical invasion leads him to medication ...
... body . To take a drug , no matter which and for what reason — is a last chance to assert control over himself , to interfere on his own with his body rather than let others interfere . The pharmaceutical invasion leads him to medication ...
Page 146
... body and soul were divorced by Descartes . He constructed an image of the body in terms of geometry , mechanics , or watchmaking , a machine that could be repaired by an engineer . The body became an apparatus owned and managed by the ...
... body and soul were divorced by Descartes . He constructed an image of the body in terms of geometry , mechanics , or watchmaking , a machine that could be repaired by an engineer . The body became an apparatus owned and managed by the ...
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... body is a surreptitious and amoral way of blaming the victim . The physician , himself a member of the dominating ... body when this body is in rebellion against the demands that industrial so- ciety makes upon it . 33 Albert Görres ...
... body is a surreptitious and amoral way of blaming the victim . The physician , himself a member of the dominating ... body when this body is in rebellion against the demands that industrial so- ciety makes upon it . 33 Albert Görres ...
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The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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