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From the supplier: Veena Das eloquently discusses the language of pain in her essay 'Language and Body: Transactions in the Construction of Pain.' She uses a quote from Ludwig Wittgenstein to explore how one person's pain can be felt in another person's body, and how denying another person's pain is an act of violence and a failure of spirit. She also raises questions about the role and objectivity of social scientists in studying suffering and pain. She grounds these philosophical discussions in the very real experiences of Indian women who were abducted and raped during the movement for India's independence.
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Title: Comments on Veena Das's essay "Language and Body: Transactions in the Construction of Pain."
Author: Stanley Cavell
Publication: Daedalus (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1996
Publisher: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Volume: v125 Issue: n1 Page: p92(7)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
From the supplier: Veena Das eloquently discusses the language of pain in her essay 'Language and Body: Transactions in the Construction of Pain.' She uses a quote from Ludwig Wittgenstein to explore how one person's pain can be felt in another person's body, and how denying another person's pain is an act of violence and a failure of spirit. She also raises questions about the role and objectivity of social scientists in studying suffering and pain. She grounds these philosophical discussions in the very real experiences of Indian women who were abducted and raped during the movement for India's independence.
Citation Details
Title: Comments on Veena Das's essay "Language and Body: Transactions in the Construction of Pain."
Author: Stanley Cavell
Publication: Daedalus (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1996
Publisher: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Volume: v125 Issue: n1 Page: p92(7)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
