Leading international authors from across the social science disciplines explore the contemporary re-theorizing of bodies as known, knowing and unknowing.


Presents cutting-edge research on ageing, disability, and biomedicine, together with original philosophical debates about the body and embodiment
Offers exciting and creative approaches to researching disembodiment and to the practice, organization, and conduct of care
Original exploration of contemporary theory and social philosophy on the body
Includes innovative and creative approaches to care and primary research in medicine, genetics, disability, and ageing studies