Aporia: Towards an Ethic of Critique

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STUART J. MURRAY

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Drawing on the work of Jacques Derrida, this essay offers a definition of the term “aporia” within the context of a healthcare system dominated by biomedicine, burgeoning biotechnologies, and neoliberal economic forms of governance. Given these semiotic forces at play, I argue that ethical healthcare will require greater attention to the rhetorical dimensions of “health” and “illness,” particularly in the ways that metaphors are used to create meaning and experience.

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