In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote "Illness as Metaphor," a classic work described by "Newsweek" as "one of the most liberating books of its time." A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, Sontag shows cancer for what it is--just a disease. Cancer, she argues, is not a curse, not a punishment, certainly not an embarrassment and, it is highly curable, if good treatment is followed. Almost a decade later, with the outbreak of a new, stigmatized disease replete with mystifications and punitive metaphors, Sontag wrote a sequel to "Illness" "as Metaphor," extending the argument of the earlier book to the AIDS pandemic. These two essays now published together, "Illness" "as Metaphor "and "AIDS and Its Metaphors," have been translated into many languages and continue to have an enormous influence on the thinking of medical professionals and, above all, on the lives of many thousands of patients and caregivers.
桑塔格1933年生于美国纽约,毕业于芝加哥大学。1993年当选为美国文学艺术学院院士。她是当前美国声名卓著的“新知识分子”,和西蒙・彼伏娃、汉娜・阿伦特并称为西方当代最重要的女知识分子,被誉为“美国公众的良心”。2000年获美国国家图书奖、2001年获耶路撒冷国际文学奖,并获得2003年度德国图书大奖――德国书业和平奖。
俗话说“久病成医”。生病生得久了,对得的病也就开始逐步了解。大家或多或少都有这样的经历:尽管日常生活中我们接触的疾病千奇百怪,但除了专业人士,似乎很少有人愿意主动了解这些疾病。而一旦自己或者亲人、朋友得上其中一种病,情况就不同了。我们对此种疾病的关注程...
评分同样是癌症,直肠癌,乳腺癌,宫颈癌表示“窝们也想要漂亮妹子的身体!”(咦?) “不行,”制片人说,“你们太不小清新了!” 但是为什么呢? 这要从肺结核说起。 其实中国古人对痨死的人观感并不好,就像红楼梦里的尤二姐,凤姐跟贾母说她是痨死的,老太太赶紧催着拉出去火...
评分同样是癌症,直肠癌,乳腺癌,宫颈癌表示“窝们也想要漂亮妹子的身体!”(咦?) “不行,”制片人说,“你们太不小清新了!” 但是为什么呢? 这要从肺结核说起。 其实中国古人对痨死的人观感并不好,就像红楼梦里的尤二姐,凤姐跟贾母说她是痨死的,老太太赶紧催着拉出去火...
评分我们已经给疾病强加了太多含义,进行了太多阐释,而它们是非本质的。疾病的本质发生了偏离,苏珊对这些疾病的隐喻进行了讨论,有关阶级、女权、死亡、政治。她身患癌症后仍然在写此书,所以对疾病和一个患者在社会中的地位和诸多的嗤之以鼻有了更直接的感受和反省。本书延续了...
看了原版才发现翻译过来的那些提到的人名都是什么鬼[笑cry]William Burroughs直接就叫博勒斯还没有注释,是不是太不妥了?
评分Hard to read but very inspiring. Some parts of it made me feel uncomfortable though.
评分看了原版才发现翻译过来的那些提到的人名都是什么鬼[笑cry]William Burroughs直接就叫博勒斯还没有注释,是不是太不妥了?
评分My future wife gave this to me so yeah...this is a FANTASTIC book. Love ya <3
评分感觉桑塔格的这本书写得没什么逻辑,如果看得特别认真会觉得头疼。但是在一点上,她的掌控有一种让人心疼的精准,那就是生病后的羞耻感(不知道是不是所有为大病小病困扰的人都会萌生出一种羞耻感,反正我会)。“It was the discovery of the stigmatization of people who have cancer that led me to write Illness as Metaphor.”桑塔格自己多次和重疾抗争,她比很多人更有权写这本书。
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