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Pain AlsobyJavierMoscoso J.Moscoso,DiderotyD’Alembert.Cienciaytécnicaenlaenciclopedia,2005,Madrid,Nivola. Barona, Moscoso, Pimentel, eds, Para una historia de la objetividad. La Ilustración y las ciencias,Valencia,BibliotecaValenciana,2002 J. Moscoso, Materialismo y religión. Ciencias de la vida en la Europa ilustrada, Barcelona, Serbal,2000. J.Moscoso,A.Lafuente,eds,MonstruosyseresimaginariosenlaBibliotecaNacional,Madrid, DoceCalles,2000. LafuenteyJ.Moscoso,eds,ElcompásyelPríncipe.CienciayCorteenlaEspañamoderna. Valencia,ConsejeríadeCulturadelaGeneralitatvalenciana,2000. Diderot,Elsueñoded’Alembert,SpanishEditionandtranslationbyJ.Moscoso,Madrid, CompañíaLiteraria,1996. Pain A Cultural History Javier Moscoso ResearchProfessorofHistoryandPhilosophyofScience,SpanishNational ResearchCouncil Translated from the Spanish by Sarah Thomas and Paul House ©JavierMoscoso2012 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-1-4039-9118-8 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorhasassertedhisrighttobeidentifiedastheauthorofthiswork inaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. 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AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 For Arturo, la alegría de mi vida This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofIllustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 Representations 9 Painandhistory 9 Virginmartyrs 12 Thetheaterofcruelty 18 Warsofreligion 20 ThepainofChrist 24 Theanatomicaltheater 28 2 Imitation 33 Invisiblesensations 36 Religioususesofpain 43 3 Sympathy 55 Cartographyofmisery 55 Publicsensibility 59 Counterfactualpain 67 4 Correspondence 79 Thecenturyofpain 79 Thesignsofpain 86 Thepainofchildbirth 96 Themeasureofpain 105 5 Trust 111 Thedramaofunconsciousness 111 Theremedy 117 Inducedmentalhallucination 123 Unconscioussuffering 131 6 Narrativity 137 Fromtheideatothebody 137 Fetishism 142 Thenormalandthepathological 147 Masochismandasceticism 152 Thepoweroftheidea 158 vii viii Contents 7 Coherence 165 Elusiveentities 165 Identity 169 Nervouspain 172 Unconsciouspain 181 8 Reiteration 191 Hell 191 Thename 195 Theaccount 201 Syphilis 201 Phantomlimbs 203 Medicalization 206 Thecultureofpain 210 Postscriptum 214 Notes 217 Index 263 Illustrations 1 PedrodeMayorga,MasterofPalanquinos,AltarpieceofSanta Marina,c.1500,oilonboard,MasaveuCollection,Museode BellasArtesdeAsturias,Oviedo,Spain 2 LluísBorrassà,TheFlagellationofChrist,firstquarterofthe 15thcentury,oilonboard,84×61cm,GoyaMuseum, Castres,France 3 BernatMartorell,TheDecapitationofSt.George,panelfroman altarpiece,1435,oilonboard,53×107cm,LouvreMuseum, Paris©AKG 4 DiericBouts,TheMartyrdomofSaintErasmus,centralpanelfrom theTriptychofSaintErasmus,1460,oiloncanvas,St.Peter’s Cathedral,Louvain,Belgium 5 PetrusBiverus,“Illustrationshowingwomenbeingcutinhalf andtheirtorsosandlegsnailedtoposts,”inSacrumSanctuarium crucisetpatientiaecrucifixorumetcruciferorum,1634,B.Moretus, Antwerp,oppositepage600,WellcomeLibrary,London 6 JacquesTortorel,“InmanitasplebisTorinensis,menseUlii, 1562,”PremiervolumecontenatquarentetableauxouHistoires diversesquisontmemorabletouchantlesguerres,massacreset troublesadvenusenFranceencesdernièresannées,1569–1570, WellcomeLibrary,London 7 PetrusBiverus,SacrumSanctuariumcrucisetpatientiae crucifixorumetcruciferorum,1634,B.Moretus,Antwerp, obversepage600,WellcomeLibrary,London 8 [Anonymous],ChristinDistress,c.1500,polychromewood, 117cm,NationalMuseum,Warsaw,Poland©Photographby JavierMoscoso 9 JuanValverdedeHamusco,“Malefigureshowingmuscles,” HistoryoftheCompositionoftheHumanBody,Rome:A.Salamanca andA.Lafreri,1556,WellcomeLibrary,London 10 GiovanniBattistaTiepolo,St.CatherineofSiena,1746, 70×52cm,KunsthistorischesMuseum,Vienna©AKG 11 ChristastheManofSorrows,engravingbyW.Sharp,1798,froma workbyGuidoReni,1575–1642,WellcomeLibrary,London 12 “ImageandDescriptionoftheViolentEarthquakethat DestroyedLisbon.”1755,engraving,leafletbyGeorgCaspar Pfauntz,Augsburg,Germany©AKG ix
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