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Page 174
The Expropriation of Health Ivan Illich. 5 Death Against Death Death as Commodity In every society the dominant image of death determines the prevalent concept of health . Such an image , the culturally conditioned anticipation of a ...
The Expropriation of Health Ivan Illich. 5 Death Against Death Death as Commodity In every society the dominant image of death determines the prevalent concept of health . Such an image , the culturally conditioned anticipation of a ...
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... death . In the dance with his or her mirror - image , Euro- pean death emerged as an agent independent of another's will , an inexorable force of nature that men and women had to face on their own . The imminence of death was an ...
... death . In the dance with his or her mirror - image , Euro- pean death emerged as an agent independent of another's will , an inexorable force of nature that men and women had to face on their own . The imminence of death was an ...
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... death.54 Curiously , death became the enemy to be defeated at precisely the moment at which megadeath came upon the scene . Not only the image of “ unnecessary " death is new , but also our image of the end of the world.55 Death , the ...
... death.54 Curiously , death became the enemy to be defeated at precisely the moment at which megadeath came upon the scene . Not only the image of “ unnecessary " death is new , but also our image of the end of the world.55 Death , the ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Specific Counterproductivity | 211 |
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