Phantom Pains and Prosthetic Narratives: From George Dedlow to Dante

ISBN-13: 9781108970556 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 75 str.

Alastair Minnis

Opis

Combines medieval studies and contemporary neuroscience to explore the fascinating and surprising concept of 'phantom limb pain'.

Spis treści

1. Pain in the brain; 2. In search of phantoms; 3. False phantoms; 4. The case of George Dedlow: phantom limbs and resistance to prosthetic narrative; 5. Phantom pain and 'bodies in the brain'; 6. Augustine's 'body in the soul' and the continuity of pain; 7. Augustine's 'body in the soul' defended and derided; 8. Reluctant prostheses: the aerial embodiments of angels; 9. Eager prostheses: the aerial embodiments of separated souls; 10. Solving the pain problem: it's all in the soul; 11. Science and immortality.