{"product_id":"9789048154845","title":"The AIDS Crisis and the Modern Self: Biographical Self-Construction in the Awareness of Finitude","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe AIDS Crisis and the Modern Self: Biographical Self-Construction in the Awareness of Finitude\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRinken, S.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn industrialized countries, HIV\/AIDS is now increasingly  perceived as a chronic condition. Yet initially, before combination  therapy became available, this pandemic was widely associated with  premature or even imminent death. Receiving the diagnosis typically  led to a dramatic biographical disruption. \u003cbr\u003e  This highly original book turns this basic feature of life with HIV  into the vantage point for a fascinating analysis of Western  subjectivity. Combining a host of empirical observations with the  debate on the modern self, the author argues that the  self-construction of people with HIV highlights the precarious yet  indispensable status of the self in contemporary Western society.  Constructing one's biography in terms of self-actualization is in fact  a manifestation of nihilism: it evokes a standard of certainty which,  on closer examination, cannot be sustained. \u003cbr\u003e  Written in a lucid style, this unique book will appeal to scholars and  students in the fields of sociology, social psychology, social  anthropology, social theory and philosophy, as well as anybody  interested in the relationship between the self and society or the  experience of living with HIV\/AIDS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-12-06\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9789048154845\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789048154845\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-9502-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 244cm x170cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 242\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44358913327244,"sku":"9789048154845","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789048154845.jpg?v=1755096957","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789048154845","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}