The Commodification of Human Body
The Commodification of Human Body
Author(s): Jacek TittenbrunSubject(s): Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Marx; Simmel; organ donation; surrogacy; sex industry; prostitution; reproductive medicine
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the present paper is to analyse a number of aspects to today’s commodification of human body; as the latter is inherently gendered, the following comments also have the said dimension to them, with particular, but not exclusive reference to the female body.
Journal: Nowa Krytyka: czasopismo filozoficzne.
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 36
- Page Range: 7-28
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English