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Amos asked:

What is Spelman's critique on Platonic Dualism? And can you define somatophobia and do you think
our culture suffers from it?

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On dualism, especially relating to bothquestions, try reading: Damasio, A.R. Descartes' Error;
Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain.
New York, NY: Avon Books, 1994. But no, I don't think our
culture (USA) suffers from a fear of the body, particularly... it suffers from so many fears that I don't
see any reason to single that one out. Now if you're asking about Britishculture, I'm the wrong person
to answer that one.

Steven Ravett Brown