Books in the Culture, Disease, and Well-Being series

An interdisciplinary collection of essays on the medical and social articulation of death, this anthology considers to what extent a subject as elusive as death can be examined.

Offers a fresh perspective, outlining a nuanced theoretical approach to health, illness, suffering and disease and the ethical and aesthetic implications of medical practice. Drawing on a range of thinkers from Plato to Lacan, this book identifies the Grey Zone as the persistence and function of ambiguity in everyday life.

Both sides in controversies tend to claim that they have logic on their side. This book proposes that the interminable nature of these controversies suggests there is a problem with the main tool of logic, the syllogism. It argues that metaphors are not just aesthetic tools; they can also be used to judge phenomena.