Cole, Jonathan and Ratcliffe, Matthew James orcid.org/0000-0003-4519-4833 (2022) Injury, Illness, and the Phenomenology of Loss:A Dialogue. Journal of Consciousness Studies. pp. 150-174. ISSN 1355-8250
Abstract
This paper explores similarities and differences between grief over the death of a person and other experiences of loss that are sometimes termed “grief”, focusing on the impact of serious illness and bodily injury. It takes the form of a dialogue between a physician/neurophysiologist and a philosopher. Adopting a broad conception of grief, we suggest that experiences of lost or unrealised possibilities are central to all forms of grief. However, these unfold in different ways over prolonged periods. Experiences of grief are complex, diverse, difficult to articulate, and frequently under-acknowledged. This diversity, we note, complicates discussions of how to distinguish typical from pathological forms of grief. We raise the concern that thinking of grief through the lens of bereavement eclipses other circumstances in which people are required to comprehend and adapt to loss. With this lack of acknowledgement, the phenomenology of grief is characterized in ways that are overly tidy and people are deprived of important interpretive resources.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC AH/T000066/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2022 09:40 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:24 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.29.9.150 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.53765/20512201.29.9.150 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:188326 |
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