Normality Abnormality and Pathology in Merleau Ponty 1st edition by Susan Bredlau,Talia Welsh ISN 1438486855 978-1438486857

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ISBN 10: 1438486855
ISBN 13: 978-1438486857
Author: Susan Bredlau,Talia Welsh

Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s work draws our attention to how the body is always our way of having a world and never merely a thing in the world. Our conception of the body must take account of our cultures, our historically located sciences, and our interpersonal relations and cannot reduce the body to a biological given. Normality, Abnormality, and Pathology in Merleau-Ponty takes up Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of the body to explore the ideas of normality, abnormality, and pathology. Focusing on the lived experiences of various styles of embodiment, the book challenges our usual conceptions of normality and abnormality and shows how seemingly objective scientific research, such as the study of pathological symptoms, is inadequate to the phenomena it purports to comprehend. The book offers new insights into our understandings of health and illness, ability and disability, and the scientific and cultural practices that both enable and limit our capacity for diverse experiences.

Normality, Abnormality, and Pathology in Merleau-Ponty 1st Table of contents:

• Introduction to Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy

  • Overview of Merleau-Ponty’s key philosophical contributions, particularly his phenomenology of perception.
  • His understanding of the body, subjectivity, and the lived experience.

• Normality and Abnormality in Phenomenological Terms

  • Exploration of the concepts of normality and abnormality from a phenomenological perspective.
  • How Merleau-Ponty distinguishes between typical and atypical experiences of the world.

• Pathology and the Body

  • Merleau-Ponty’s views on pathology as it relates to the body and the lived experience.
  • The intersection of the mind-body relationship in understanding illness and disorder.
  • Pathological conditions and their impact on perception and embodiment.

• The Role of the Body in Experience

  • The body as the primary medium through which individuals experience the world, especially in terms of perception, movement, and action.
  • The phenomenology of body perception in both healthy and pathological states.

• Merleau-Ponty’s Critique of Traditional Views of Normality and Abnormality

  • Criticizing the reductionist and medicalized notions of health and pathology.
  • A more existential or phenomenological approach to understanding what constitutes “normal” and “abnormal” conditions.

• Psychopathology and Perception

  • The way psychopathological conditions might alter perception and bodily experience.
  • How Merleau-Ponty’s concepts of perception and embodiment can shed light on psychiatric and psychological disorders.

• Ethical and Philosophical Implications

  • The ethical questions raised by thinking of pathology in phenomenological terms.
  • The implications for healthcare, mental health, and the understanding of disability.

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