MEDICA REVIEW. International Medical Humanities Review / Revista Internacional de Humanidades Médicas

Suffering, therapy, and meeting

Claudinei Aparecido de Freitas da Silva — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0200

The review, in focus, aims at an analysis of the recent book "Sofferenza, terapia, incontro: etica e crisi della medicina" by Gabriel Marcel, curated by Franco Riva and translated by Paolo Scolari, by Castelvecchi, Milan. It is a small set of essays written by the French philosopher when relating the phenomenon of suffering from sharing the encounter with the other as a therapeutic form.

Reversibility and style in Merleau-Ponty’s theory

Jesica Estefanía Buffone — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0200

I will analyze the fundamentals that make possible the discovery, interaction and interweaving with other subjectivities. I consider that in this circuit of reversibility in which the others are a constitutive part of ourselves, the perception of the motor style is what gives rise to intersubjective exchanges, being this kinesthetic and intercorporeal primary pairing the origin of joint action and, thus, of any community bond. From the description that Merleau-Ponty makes of this dynamic of involvement of my body with the environment, the surrounding world is a constitutive part of that exchange, determining specific ways of doing and moving together.

Body Proper, Appropriated

Martin Grassi — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0200

The concept of habit receives a technical-philosophical use in the work of Aristotle that entails a dialectics between the agent and a system in which he is situated. In its dual active and passive dimensions, the notion of habit enables to understand the living body as a body proper and, at the same time, as an appropriated body. The habit is the fundamental biopolitical dispositive by which the living body is appropriated and subjected to the Body Politic and its logic, made explicit in Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus.

Interview with Dr. Martín Grassi

Martin Grassi — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Entrevista a Fernando Yaacov Peña Moyano

Fernando Yaacov Peña Moyano, Manuela Bonnett Tobón — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0200

Self-Consciousness Medicine allows both therapists, patients and people in general to seek greater balance and physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being through the practice of habits, techniques and exercises known since ancient times and that have now been compiled and organized with a medical orientation so that they are within the reach of seekers of a more transcendental and healthy life. We live in a turbulent world where illness, suffering, pain, and sadness are frequent aspects of most human beings, regardless of their socioeconomic status, religion, race, or educational level. At the same time, we are being inundated by harmful food products that contribute to the prolongation of many chronic diseases. There is an existential vacuum that leads to seek the satisfaction of cravings and find pleasure in what only generates more illness, suffering and death. We can search for inner peace, happiness, love and health, if we are really convinced of a change.

Entrevista a Simeão Sass. Medicina Mente Cuerpo y el Dualismo Cartesiano, Una Perspectiva Filosófica

Simeão Sass, Andrea Catalina Nassar Tobón — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0200

Entrevista a Simeão Sass (Universidad Federal de Uberlândia, en el Instituto de Filosofía, en Brasil) acerca del dualismo cartesiano y la medicina Mente Cuerpo. La entrevista ha sido realizada por la Directora Científica de la revista, Andrea Catalina Nassar Tobón (médica especialista en Neurología Clínica de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, Colombia).