AIDS and Its Metaphors

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A sequel, or extended afterthought in the form of an essay, to Susan Sontag's book Illness as Metaphor, in the light of AIDS. The author analyzes the way society has viewed AIDS, as divine retribution, plague or total war, and dispels racist ideas that AIDS originates from deepest Africa.

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Mental Health and Psychiatry Schopenhauer and Stefan Zweig Postmodernism in Literature and Education

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Good health and well-being

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AIDS and Its Metaphors

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