When my Body Becomes my Room: Lifeworld and Illness Experiences
From a phenomenological perspective, the body represents our space in the world and the body defines our way to enter into a relationship with ourselves, to deal with others, and to interact within the world, as Merleau-Ponty and Husserl underscored. In conditions of serious disease and disability,...
| Published in: | Annali di studi religiosi |
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| Language: | English |
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2023
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Annali di studi religiosi
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| Summary: | From a phenomenological perspective, the body represents our space in the world and the body defines our way to enter into a relationship with ourselves, to deal with others, and to interact within the world, as Merleau-Ponty and Husserl underscored. In conditions of serious disease and disability, as in confined situations, we are more aware of our body and its limits. The body can become and represent a room in which to stay and live, sometimes feeling ourselves to be confined in it, or locked in it, as happens for people suffering from severe disabilities and illnesses. The lived body and the lifeworld in this and similar conditions reflect a distinctive phenomenological experience of space, time and (inter)subjectivity. The article will present the story of a man, Piergiorgio Cattani, who can provide lived testimony of resistance, resilience and "bodily" spirituality, as he recounts his lived experience of illness and healing. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-3892 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di studi religiosi
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14598/Annali_studi_relig_24202308 |