The Expression of the Psychosomatic Body from a Phenomenological Perspective

• Main Author: Bullington, Jennifer (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Phenomenology.; Public health.; Health psychology.; Health Psychology.; Public Health.

This book is a contribution to the understanding of psychosomatic health problems. Inspired by the work of the French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a phenomenological theory of psychosomatics is worked out as an alternative to traditional, biomedical thinking. The patient who presents somat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Psychosomatic Problematic
• Chapter 2. The Lived Body
• Chapter 3. The Meaning of Meaning
• Chapter 4. The Lived Body (Phenomenology of Perception) and the Flesh (The Visible and the Invisible).- Chapter 5. The Phenomenological Psychosomatic Theory
• Chapter 6. Health and Illness and Holistic Health
• Chapter 7. Conclusions.