To, co wymyka się słowu, może jednak ulec materializacji poprzez ciało, które przychodząc nam na ratunek, staje się medium, tworzywem i ambasadorem naszych intencji, emocji oraz afektów. Ze wstępu

This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body.

But why, Robert Jütte asks, should a historian bother with the Jewish body in particular? And is the "Jewish body" as much a concept constructed over the course of centuries by Jews and non-Jews alike as it is a physical reality?

A collection of brief essays written by a diverse group of people, from political figures and journalists to scholars and artists, explore modern-day, critical moral issues concerning Jews and their bodies. Original.

Given the international aspects of both intellectual property law and biotechnology, this book will be of interest throughout the world and especially valuable in common-law (most English-speaking) countries.

This is the first volume to systematically explore the range of contemporary thought concerning the body and draw out its crucial implications for medicine.

This is the first book in healthcare ethics addressing the moral issues regarding ownership of the human body. Modern medicine increasingly transforms the body and makes use of body parts for diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive purposes.

By shifting attention from the image of Jews as a textual community to the ways Jews understand and manage their bodies — for example, to their concerns with reproduction and sexuality, menstruation and childbirth— this volume ...

A fascinating history of both Renaissance anatomists and the bodies they dissected, this book will interest anyone studying Renaissance science, medicine, art, religion, and society.