An essay written by Nance examines the position of illness within a capitalist economy and explores how labor, production, and consumption change through the bodily experiences of illness. In her reflective analysis, Nance expands on the poetics of temporality and the economy of illness by incorporating the poetry of Elizabeth Arnold and Anne Boyer. Nance’s work…
Category: Pain and Illness
The concept of pain is universal and essential for humankind. Pain ultimately is a protective measure to warn us about instances where our physical and psychological health is in jeopardy. Pain is intertwined with cultural, political, and social settings which form a sense of time and place. Although pain is not solely confined within the…
Functionalism, a theory of mind denoted in Philosophy, explains that a particular mental state depends on its functions rather than its internal constituents. In the discussion of pain, functionalism theory supports the idea that the experience of the mental state of pain is caused by bodily injury. One first experiences the perception of pain and…
