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- catalog abstract ""In industrialized countries, HIV/AIDS is now increasingly perceived as a chronic condition. Yet initially, before combination therapy became available, this pandemic was widely associated with premature or even imminent death. Receiving the diagnosis typically led to a dramatic biographical disruption." "This book turns this basic feature of life with HIV into the vantage point for a fascinating analysis of Western subjectivity. Combining a host of empirical observations with the debate on the modern self, the author agrees that the self-construction of people with HIV highlights the precarious yet indispensable status of the self in contemporary Western society. Constructing one's biography in terms of self-actualization is in fact a manifestation of nihilism: it evokes a standard of certainity which, on closer examination, cannot be sustained." "This book will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of sociology, social psychology, social anthroplogy, social theory and philosophy, as well as anybody interested in the relationship between the self and society or the experience of living with HIV/AIDS."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12409644.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In industrialized countries, HIV/AIDS is now increasingly perceived as a chronic condition. Yet initially, before combination therapy became available, this pandemic was widely associated with premature or even imminent death. Receiving the diagnosis typically led to a dramatic biographical disruption."".
- catalog description ""This book turns this basic feature of life with HIV into the vantage point for a fascinating analysis of Western subjectivity. Combining a host of empirical observations with the debate on the modern self, the author agrees that the self-construction of people with HIV highlights the precarious yet indispensable status of the self in contemporary Western society. Constructing one's biography in terms of self-actualization is in fact a manifestation of nihilism: it evokes a standard of certainity which, on closer examination, cannot be sustained."".
- catalog description ""This book will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of sociology, social psychology, social anthroplogy, social theory and philosophy, as well as anybody interested in the relationship between the self and society or the experience of living with HIV/AIDS."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. HIV and the self -- 2. The problem of finitude -- 3. Observing selves -- 4. The "diagnosis of the self" -- 5. From invalidation to reinforcement -- 6. Seeking shelter amongst peers -- 7. Contrasting patterns -- 8. Mortal, all too mortal -- 9. Thinking of finitude -- 10. HIV, mortality and the self.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-231) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 242 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "079236371X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 3".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers,".
- catalog subject "362.1/969792 21".
- catalog subject "AIDS (Disease) Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "HIV-positive persons Mental health.".
- catalog subject "RC607.A26 R565 2000".
- catalog subject "Self.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. HIV and the self -- 2. The problem of finitude -- 3. Observing selves -- 4. The "diagnosis of the self" -- 5. From invalidation to reinforcement -- 6. Seeking shelter amongst peers -- 7. Contrasting patterns -- 8. Mortal, all too mortal -- 9. Thinking of finitude -- 10. HIV, mortality and the self.".
- catalog title "The AIDS crisis and the modern self : biographical self-construction in the awareness of finitude / by Sebastian Rinken.".
- catalog type "text".