Tyranny of the Normal,9781567920031

Tyranny of the Normal

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ISBN13: 9781567920031
ISBN10: 1567920039
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-10-01
Publisher(s): David R Godine Pub
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Summary

Bound Together By the common thread of bioethics, these essays encompass such issues as abortion, the removal of life support, the role that doctors play in our society, and how we confront old age and Eros. Controversial, at times infuriating, Fiedler's comments are sure to anger parties on all sides; but they will also appeal to anyone who appreciates the unorthodox insights of an inquisitive and voracious mind.

Table of Contents

Introduction: To You, Whoever You Are ix
The Rebirth of God and the Death of Man
3(30)
Pity and Fear: Images of the Disabled in Literature and the Popular Arts
33(15)
Eros and Thanatos: Or, the Mythic Aetiology of the Dirty Old Man
48(21)
More Images of Eros and Old Age: The Damnation of Faust and the Fountain of Youth
69(17)
Child Abuse: An Amateur Approach
86(21)
Images of the Doctor in Literature and the Popular Arts
107(14)
Images of the Nurse in Fiction and Popular Culture
121(15)
Why Organ Transplant Programs Do Not Succeed
136(11)
The Tyranny of the Normal
147

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