Author:
Gabrielli, Fabio, author.
ImprintCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Descriptionviii, 168 pages ; 24 cm
Note:The conception of the human body: an evolutionary study from ancient times to the hypermodern era -- Body schema, body image, and hypermodern alterations -- Alexithymia and somatizations -- The myth of the perfect body image, body dysmorphic disorder, and bigorexia -- The complex relationship between the mind, the body, and the contemporary environment -- Contemporary social trends regarding food: paradoxes and food tribes -- A new diorder: orthorexia -- Contemporary perspectives on anorexia -- Nervous bulimia and binge eating disorder: a contemporary overview -- Contemporary perspectives on obesity -- Body image, narcissisms, and depression -- A global process of psycho-bodily development.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-165) and index.
Note:"One should accept one's body as one's home, a living space designated for communication and relationships. We live in a highly complex time deeply marked by the digital revolution, an infosphere that has produced radical transformations,1 increasingly conspicuous acquisitions of cognitive neuroscience, and all related anthropological fallouts.2 Our time witnesses the hybridization of humans and machines, confronting us with the onerous problem of new forms and the effective consistency of post-human freedom."-- Provided by publisher.
