Any woman who has been examined by a gynecologist could tell Descartes a thing or two about the mind/body problem. Is her body an object? Is it the self? Is it both, and if so, how? Katharine Young takes up this problem in a book that looks at medicine's means of separating self and body--and at the body's ways of resisting.
Disembodiment--rendering the body an object and the self bodyless--is the foundational gesture of medicine. How, then, does medical practice acknowledge the presence of the person in the objectified body? Young considers in detail the "choreography" such a...
Any woman who has been examined by a gynecologist could tell Descartes a thing or two about the mind/body problem. Is her body an object? Is it the...
An Inspirational Love Story This true love story is about the transformative power of Love: How one woman's spiritual quest led to an unlikely yet life-altering love affair. Two Spiritual Seekers Katherine is drawn to a life of Service after confronting the hollowness of an insular, affluent suburban life. Frank was an abused and neglected boy who followed the only path he knew- one of gangs, crime, and eventually, prison. When they meet, this improbable pair experience a surprising spiritual connection. Personal Transformations Katherine's generous spirit guides Frank along his path of...
An Inspirational Love Story This true love story is about the transformative power of Love: How one woman's spiritual quest led to an unlikely yet lif...
