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OverviewIn industrialized countries, HIV/AIDS is now increasingly perceived as a chronic condition. Yet initially, before combination therapy became available, this pandemic was widely associated with premature or even imminent death. Receiving the diagnosis typically led to a dramatic biographical disruption. This text turns this basic feature of life with HIV into the vantage point for an analysis of Western subjectivity. Combining a host of empirical observations with the debate on the modern self, the author argues that the self-construction of people with HIV highlights the precarious yet indispensable status of the self in contemporary Western society. Constructing one's biography in terms of self-actualization is in fact a manifestation of nihilism: it evokes a standard of certainty which, on closer examination, cannot be sustained. The text should appeal to scholars and students in the fields of sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, social theory and philosophy, as well as anybody interested in the relationship between the self and society or the experience of living with HIV/AIDS. Full Product DetailsAuthor: S. RinkenPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: 2000 ed. Volume: 3 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.210kg ISBN: 9780792363712ISBN 10: 079236371 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 31 August 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. HIV and the self.- 2. The problem of finitude.- 3. Observing selves.- 4. The “diagnosis of the self”.- 5. From invalidation to reinforcement.- 6. Seeking shelter amongst peers.- 7. Contrasting patterns.- 8. Mortal, all too mortal.- 9. Thinking of finitude.- 10. HIV, mortality and the self.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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