So What? A Reply to Roger Cooter's ‘After Death/After-“Life”: The Social History of Medicine in Post-Postmodernity’

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  • Jonathan Toms
چکیده

One fundament. One firework. Plant it and retreat. Sadly, the result seems to have been barely a fizzle. Roger Cooter tried to provoke a debate in these pages about how ‘medico-centric historians’ should engage with what he sees as the fundamentally ‘bio-centric’ contemporary world. Well, I for one feel like I’ve had a firework stuck up the centre of my bio-existence, and I intend to return the favour. In truth, I have a lot of respect for Roger Cooter and his work. But there are fundamental issues in his article that I think need bringing into relief. They are important and need arguing about. Let me begin by agreeing with Cooter’s general statement about important elements of the contemporary world:

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دوره 22  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2009