Będzie boleć tylko jeśli zechcesz. Historia bólu jako władzy niechcianej

• Authors: Marcin Koculak , Weronika Kałwak

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It Will Hurt Only If You Want. The History of Pain As The Unwanted Power

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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This article explains how people perceive pain and how it has been understood since antiquity. Eventually, the moment arrived when humanity realized that pain was not the intervention of supernatural powers. Although ancient ancestors often sought the knowledge of specialists to relieve pain, they required ages to discover that suffering was a compilation of physical reactions and emotional dispositions. The authors describe this evolutionary process, indicating how scientists formulated contemporary definitions of aches and pains, explaining the role and consequences of pain in everyday life.

• Publisher: Fundacja Res Publica Nowa im. H. Krzeczkowskiego
• Journal: Res Publica Nowa
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 2

Contributors

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Marcin Koculak

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Weronika Kałwak