TY - JOUR AU - Вольга Гапеева PY - 2020/01/19 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Homini Dolorosi: Body in Search for Speaking JF - Topos JA - topos VL - 0 IS - 3 SE - DISCOURSE. POWER. BODY DO - UR - https://journals.ehu.lt/index.php/topos/article/view/651 AB - [In Belarusian]Understanding and treatment of the person is de!ned by thecurrent scienti!c paradigm for which the individual is an object,subdued to the law of binary opposition. His/her normality andadequateness is determined by how well he/she reproduces thatvariant of reality that is considered to be established and generallyaccepted. Medicine, being the institute of power, constantlyexercise control over bodies of individuals, carrying out itscontrolling and punitive functions. "e process of medicalizationand transformation of physical bodies into social bodies dependson such factors as gender, race, class and !nancial preferences ofinstitutes of health care and pharmaceutical corporations. "ephenomenon of self-mutilation (body modi!cations) when beingcaught by the medical eye is pathologized and mythologized inaccordance with patriarchal order. "e right for pain or pain reliefalso get under the medical control while the body, detached fromratio tries to speak itself up though the relevant signi!ers. ER -