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Pain

- A Cultural History

About Pain

Halfway between history and philosophy, this book deals with the historical forms that have permitted the understanding of human suffering from the Renaissance to the present. Representation, sympathy, imitation, coherence and narrativity are but a few of the rhetorical recourses that men and women have employed in order to feel our pain.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781349542604
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 301
  • Published:
  • December 31, 2011
  • Edition:
  • 12012
  • Dimensions:
  • 154x234x43 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 490 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: March 29, 2025

Description of Pain

Halfway between history and philosophy, this book deals with the historical forms that have permitted the understanding of human suffering from the Renaissance to the present. Representation, sympathy, imitation, coherence and narrativity are but a few of the rhetorical recourses that men and women have employed in order to feel our pain.

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