When it comes to bodies, we negotiate nothing less than the relationship of the individual to the world. The topic of the December issue of WZB-Mitteilungen, “body”, is therefore highly relevant for the social sciences. How are bodies determined and evaluated by norms? Which conditions affect people's health and integrity and how? What power do bodies have?
The issue explores these questions. It collects contributions from the fields of mobility and health research, reproductive policy, protection against violence and gender relations in science and art, it examines the relationship between the body and power, both historically and currently.
The print issue is available here as a PDF. The online articles on our new focus can be found on this page.
