The Coming of the Body

Description: The Coming of the Body [Hardcover] Juvin, Herv� Product Overview In this startling new work, Hervé Juvin argues that developments in medicine and science are redefining what it means to be human. Living longer than ever before, and yet increasingly obsessed with longevity and youth, the people of the Western world face an existence disconnected from need, suffering and time-and they are losing their moral compass in the process. New industries have sprung up to promote plastic surgery, sex-free reproduction, fitness fads and bizarre diets. Behind this commercial activity is an ideology sympathetic to both eugenics and euthanasia, and dreaming of immortality. In this radically changed world, young people inhabit a digitalized, virtual environment at a far remove from the vital experiences of the body. Juvin's central message is a sinister paradox: what communism set out to do, and disastrously failed to achieve, capitalism is in the process of realizing-the discredited messianic goal of reinventing humanity. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Verso Books (19 July 2010) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 200 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1844673103 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 00 Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.48 x 2.03 x 21.54 cm Best Sellers Rank: 2,425,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 318,448 in Social Sciences (Books) 318,448 in Social Sciences (Books) Customer reviews: 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating - - *** PLEASE READ NOTE BELOW BEFORE PURCHASING *** Please note the featured photo is drawn from a catalogue and will not necessarily reflect the actual condition of the item on sale -- PLEASE REFER TO 'SELLER NOTES' for the more accurate appraisal. Any questions or requests for additional photos, please get in touch and we'd be more than happy to assist. For a portion of our stock we use a fulfilment company to store, package, and ship orders, and for these we unfortunately are unable to take requests for additional photos or other special instructions. *** - -

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