Pregnant Embodiment: Subjectivity and Alienation

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Authors

Iain M. Young · Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Abstract

The pregnant subject has a unique experience of her body. The dichotomy between self and other, self and world, breaks down. She can experience a positive narcissism and sense of process. Some conceptualizations and practices of contemporary medicine, however, can alienate the pregnant subject from this bodily experience.

Topics & Keywords

Psychology and Mental Health Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine

Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 45-62

DOI: 10.1093/jmp/9.1.45

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