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OverviewCommodified Bodies examines the social practice of organ transplantation and trafficking and scrutinises the increasingly neoliberal tendencies in the medical system. It analyses phenomena such as the denomination of human body parts as ""raw materials"" and ""commodities,"" or the arguments used by the proponents for a free market solution. Moreover, it argues that modern medicine is still linked with its religious roots. The commodification of body parts is seen not as an imperialistic act of the market, but as the end of a historical process as the notion of ""fetishism"" links the market with the body. Marx’s concept of commodity fetishism and Sigmund Freud’s theory of the perverted use of objects are modified and adapted to the reconstruction of the joint beginnings of market and medicine. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Oliver Decker (University of Leipzig, Germany) , Steven RendallPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: 24 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.448kg ISBN: 9780415854832ISBN 10: 0415854830 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 09 April 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate 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. On the Social Psychology of Medicine 2. The Miraculous Leg Transplantation and the Veneration of Relics 3. Fetishism: Salvific Good, Commodity, Body 4. The Commodified BodyReviewsAuthor InformationOliver Decker is a Member of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Leipzig and Visiting Professor for Social and Organizational Psychology at the University of Siegen. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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