The Political Lives of Pain
Philosophy & Social Criticism: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal
Published online on December 22, 2025
Abstract
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This paper is a critique of the common-sense view of pain and the role it plays in contemporary political life. I argue that the common-sense understanding of pain as a uniform and universal human experience has insidious political effects. It makes pain ...
This paper is a critique of the common-sense view of pain and the role it plays in contemporary political life. I argue that the common-sense understanding of pain as a uniform and universal human experience has insidious political effects. It makes pain ...