A Subaltern Pain: The Problem of Violence in Philosophy’s Pain Discourse

The scientific and philosophical approach to pain must be supplemented by a hermeneutics studying how racism has complicated the communication of pain. Such an investigation reveals that not only are non-white people seen as credibly speaking their pain, but also pain “science” is one of the ways ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John Harfouch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Warsaw 2019-10-01
Series:Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
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Online Access:http://eidos.uw.edu.pl/a-subaltern-pain-the-problem-of-violence-in-philosophys-pain-discourse/