The Vulnerability of the Human World
Well-being, Health, Technology and the Environment
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Beschreibung
This book contains the most recent papers problematizing the notions of health, vulnerability, and well-being for individuals and their environment. Organized in 5 sections the book takes into consideration the critical and phenomenological history of well-being and health, their technological manipulation, how these notions connect with the body and the specific vulnerability of the human being, and what responsible direction we can take to improve people's relation to themselves, to other living beings and their environment. In order to address the issue of the vulnerability of the human world and how to respond to its specific challenges, the contributions in this book discuss the topic from a broad range of perspectives, including anthropological, psychological, sociological, philosophical, and environmental.
This book contains the most recent papers problematizing the notions of health, vulnerability, and well-being for individuals and their environment. Organized in 5 sections the book takes into consideration the critical and phenomenological history of well-being and health, their technological manipulation, how these notions connect with the body and the specific vulnerability of the human being, and what responsible direction we can take to improve people's relation to themselves, to other living beings and their environment. In order to address the issue of the vulnerability of the human world and how to respond to its specific challenges, the contributions in this book discuss the topic from a broad range of perspectives, including anthropological, psychological, sociological, philosophical, and environmental.
Discusses human care from psychological, sociological, philosophical, and environmental perspectives Critically examines of our ways of life to help define and understand well-being Contains a holistic approach to well-being by investigating the qualitative and relational aspect of being in the world
Autor*in
Elodie Boublil
Themen in »The Vulnerability of the Human World«
Phenomenology of Health Phenomenology of Well-being Health and Embodiment Health and the Environment Vulnerability of the Human World Well-Being with Brain Implants Phenomenology of Algorithms