Eros and illness

361 Pages·2017·18.615 MB·English

by  Morris, David B

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Eros
and
Illness
David B. Morris
Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts
London, Eng land
2017
Copyright © 2017 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of Amer i ca
First printing
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Morris, David B., author.
Title: Eros and illness / David B. Morris.
Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2017. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016038760 | ISBN 9780674659711 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Sick— Psy chol ogy. | Medicine and psy chol ogy. |
Desire (Philosophy) | Personalized medicine.
Classification: LCC R726.5 .M666 2017 | DDC 610— dc23
LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2016038760
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Contents
Introduction What Is Eros? 1
PART ONE The Contraries 19
Chapter 1 The Ambush: An Erotics of Illness 21
Chapter 2 Unforgetting Asklepios: Medical Eros and Its Lineage 49
Chapter 3 Not- Knowing: Medicine in the Dark 79
PART TWO The Stories 105
Chapter 4 Va ri e ties of Erotic Experience: Five Illness Narratives 107
Chapter 5 Eros Modigliani: Assenting to Life 135
Chapter 6 The Infinite Faces of Pain: Eros and Ethics 162
PART THREE The Dilemmas 191
Chapter 7 Black Swan Syndrome: Probable Improbabilities 193
Chapter 8 Light as Environment: How Not to Love Nature 220
Chapter 9 The Spark of Life: Appearances / Disappearances 249
Conclusion Altered States 279
Notes 303
Acknowl edgments 335
Index 337

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