Contents: The meaning of pain: The perceiving body - The body in pain - A definition of pain - Pain in the body - Objectivity - The management of pain: The role of time - The place of space - Liberation.
The Author: Abraham Olivier is lecturer and research fellow at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Fort Hare (South Africa). He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Tübingen (Germany). The author has published numerous articles in international philosophical journals, where much of his work has focused on the phenomenon of pain.