Phantom limb amputation, embodiment, and prosthetic technology
"Phantom limb pain is one of the most intractable and merciless pains ever known--a pain that haunts appendages that do not physically exist, often persisting with uncanny realness long after fleshy limbs have been traumatically, surgically, or congenitally lost. The very existence and "na...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
New York University Press,
[2014]
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| Series: | Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.)
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Ghost in the Machine; 2. Characterizing Phantoms: Features of Phantom Limb Syndrome; 3. From Pleasure to Pain: Accounting for the Rise and Fall in Phantom Pain; 4. Phantoms in the Mind: The Psychogenic Origins of Ethereal Appendages; 5. Phantoms in the Brain: The Holy Grail of Neuroscience; 6. Phantom-Prosthetic Relations: The Modernization of Amputation; 7. Conclusion: Authenticity and Extinction; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; About the Auhor.